Tag: spring training
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Pat Venditte: Is Baseball Ready for Switch-Pitchers?
Screen capture courtesy of MLB . If you thought switch-hitters were problematic, what about switch-pitchers? The Oakland Athletics introduced Pat Venditte in the Cactus League and he didn't disappoint. Venditte only went on to record...
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White Sox Training Facility Over-Run by Scorpions
On Saturday, February 21st, some interesting guests were discovered at the Chicago White Sox training facility in Glendale Arizona. These were not new prospect players, fans, groupies, or even a film crew. Instead the facility...
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Toronto Blue Jays Building the Flock
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . In Dunedin, Florida no fewer than 32 pitchers and 9 catchers were given medical exams in preparation for official spring training workouts for the Toronto Blue Jays. By Friday,...
