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Harold Craig Reynolds is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball.

A superb fielder, Harold Reynolds regularly led the league in double plays turned and won three Gold Glove awards.

Reynolds is a former MLB second baseman. He graduated from Corvallis High School. Reynolds was a studio analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight from 1996-2006. He was also a color commentator for ESPN's coverage of the College World Series and Little League World Series.

Reynolds spent the first 10 years of his professional career in the majors with the Seattle Mariners from 1983 to 1992. He then moved to the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 and to the California Angels in 1994.

Reynolds was an All-Star in 1987 and 1988. He led the American League in stolen bases with 60 in 1987, in triples with 11 in 1988, and in at-bats with 642 in 1990. Reynolds was the only player other than Rickey Henderson to lead the American League in stolen bases during any season in the 1980s.

Reynolds was a career .258 hitter with 21 home runs and 353 RBI in 1374 games.. He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed.

On July 25, 2006, the New York Post reported that Reynolds had been fired from ESPN. An ESPN spokeswoman confirmed that Reynolds "is no longer with the network" but they did not give a reason for his departure. "Three people who work at ESPN and familiar with the case said the cause was a pattern of sexual harassment." Reynolds confirmed this accusation was the reason for his departure but called it "a total misunderstanding" and that "I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted.

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