Reggie Sanders
Reggie Sanders
Reginald Laverne Sandersis a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Sanders was 24 years old when he made his major league debut on August 22, 1991, after being selected in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He attended Spartanburg Methodist College before beginning his pro career with the Rookie-level Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in 1988. He also played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates,...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth1 December 1967
CityFlorence, SC
It's more the deceleration that's what's been giving me problems. Building up speed is OK, but when you have to stop it's really not as good as they or I would like it to be.
It's more the deceleration that's what's been giving me problems, ... Building up speed is OK, but when you have to stop it's really not as good as they or I would like it to be.
It was there, I got on top of it, and drove it.
It's another step, ... We got it done exactly like we wanted to.
It's not easy, ... You try to get a pitch to handle. I was able to get on top of it.
He worked a lot more away than normal. Then, he spotted inside later. And his fastball had better velocity.
I've never been on a team that subtracted players like this one has.
Hey, six RBIs is huge, especially under the postseason pressure,
He's playing like an everyday player. He's stepping up big. We all know he could have played every day with another ballclub.
Hal and I really just sat back and started thinking about things, and the way that I need to go about seeing pitches and getting in the right frame of mind, ... I've just been working hard every day to get where I needed to be.
I feel pretty good, ... I expected it to be worse.
This is such a big magnifying glass. Everything is heightened when you come through in key situations. There's been times when I was hot, but it's kind of been shoved under the table. Now, things are finally going in right direction for me.
I think you truly don't know how it is until you actually get in the game, ... Then you can alter from that. Going in, getting work every day, taking flyballs, running, hitting, whatever, that's not a game situation. ... When it's game time, you've got to go out there and do what you need to do.
I think I've been in some good situations where I've been on teams that needed a couple key players but already had their nucleus intact,