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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Redman1936 (talk | contribs) at 19:17, 1 January 2006. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

By reading you would think Reyes is the second comming of Ricky Henderson. He is in reality a poor leadoff hitter who doesn't know how to get on base.

Untrue... not to mention that one of your links just links to the other link. This does not rave about Reyes. From my standpoint, why does it matter what the people who don't like him say? Because I could rave on and on about Fran Healy's ranting and raving about how Reyes is the most exciting player in baseball. So rather than throw in negative viewpoints about him, why not keep it neutral, following in the supposed NPOV vein of wikipedia. Moreover, why don't we just put a section in there about all the people that love Reyes? I bet Steve Phillips has a lot of great things to say about him as does Omar Minaya. Maybe his girlfriend could add some insightful commentary about what a great leadoff hitter he is. Zookman12 00:35, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This article is not neutral. Let me give some examples of pro-Reyes bias:

1.) "Reyes is a slick-fielding"

This is a subjective assessment stated as fact and many people would disagree with this statement considering his low fielding percentage and high amount of errors. The truth is by any quantitative measurement (errors, fielding percentage) he is a poor fielder. On what basis do you make this judgment? This is opinion stated as fact.

2.)"Reyes bounced back with a healthy and productive 2005 season"

We can debate whether a .300 on-base percentage for leadoff hitter is productive. Most people would call it unproductive. But the bottom line is that whether or not it is productive is something that is debatable so should not be stated as fact.

3.) "a 17-game hitting streak, longest by a National League rookie"

I feel if you want to have a balance article you should also mention Reyes' other notable streak, his 118 at-bats to start of the 2005 season with out a walk.

In conclusion this article:

1.) States opinions as facts

2.) By only commenting on positive statistics it doesn’t present a balanced view on Jose Reyes.

Thank You.

Redman1936

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