Bryan Reynolds remembers being "super nervous" ahead of his major-league debut on April 20, 2019 agains the Giants.
"It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing," he recalled here at Rogers Centre on Saturday. "A lot of things had to go right, a lot of guys got banged up a little bit. I remember pretty much everything about it. Strike out, first set back, get that out of the way early, and then got a hit."
Reynolds said that as a kid, he wouldn't have ever expected to play one game in the majors, let alone 1,000. But with the Pirates' game against the Blue Jays on Saturday, Reynolds is set to hit the 1,000-game milestone.
"It's special," he said. "Just taking a step back and realizing that I was a kid that played local travel ball. Didn't play the national teams, didn't really do showcases. Went to the best college you could go to, but I wasn't recruited other than that. So, in the big leagues, to play 1,000-plus games, it's pretty cool."
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Reynolds: 1,000 games 'special' milestone
Bryan Reynolds remembers being "super nervous" ahead of his major-league debut on April 20, 2019 agains the Giants.
"It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing," he recalled here at Rogers Centre on Saturday. "A lot of things had to go right, a lot of guys got banged up a little bit. I remember pretty much everything about it. Strike out, first set back, get that out of the way early, and then got a hit."
Reynolds said that as a kid, he wouldn't have ever expected to play one game in the majors, let alone 1,000. But with the Pirates' game against the Blue Jays on Saturday, Reynolds is set to hit the 1,000-game milestone.
"It's special," he said. "Just taking a step back and realizing that I was a kid that played local travel ball. Didn't play the national teams, didn't really do showcases. Went to the best college you could go to, but I wasn't recruited other than that. So, in the big leagues, to play 1,000-plus games, it's pretty cool."
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