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Rewind Yourself: The time Mark Quinn wouldn’t walk

“Rewind Yourself” is an anthology of stories of the stupidest moments in Royals history. See episode one for an explanation of the name of the series.

The Royals have never been a team to take a free pass. Since their first year in 1969, they have a 7.8% walk rate as a franchise, the lowest out of all 30 teams during that time. They have been a franchise of free-swingers, with a history of hacking. But perhaps one player took that aggressiveness to a new level during the summer of 2001, the summer that Mark Quinn would not walk.