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Don't worry about Howard's whiffs

By Eric Karabell
ESPN.com

Monday, June 1, 2009

A season ago I participated in a fantasy league in which strikeouts counted, and it really changed the way I viewed the construction of my team. No, I don't mean that conventional strikeouts category we all know and love, the one in which Johan Santana and Jake Peavy do so well. I mean the one in which Mark Reynolds and Ryan Howard do so poorly. I avoided some of the bigger strikeout guys, but in many cases they also happen to be the big power hitters. Coincidence? I think not. I think cumulati ...

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