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<t>62434B624941260 wrote: Good news from the Josh Bell side.  Check out this story in the Trib about how he has worked on his throwing problems.  It's a good read and shows how Josh worked on this on his own in the offseason and how Shelton and his team are helping him improve on it in ST.<br/> <br/...

<t>217761757A60707B766153747E727A7F3D70130 wrote: Now this is a step in the right direction.  A major league ballplayer to play OF for us.  Attaboy Ben!!! Now keep it going and worry about the future in the future.<br/> <br/> <br/> I see that your standards for major league ball players have now sli...

<t>500610040B11010A071022050F030B0E4C01620 wrote: Cherington's spending like he's running the Yankees.  The Staten Island Yankees.<br/> <br/> <br/> Bob Nutting must cast some sort of spell on anyone that walks in his office.  How else to explain that ANYONE would choose to work for this sorry outfit...

<t>313433353D372E333A292F225B0 wrote: I expect the Pirates to lose a lot of games this year, so I will focus on individual players.  I will definitely enjoy watching Reynolds in the outfield and Newman at short.  I will be rooting for Moran to turn some kind of corner and find some more power in tha...

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<t>613721353A20303B362113343E323A3F7D30530 wrote: I got to go to Pirates City one time.  Matt Capps was pitching an inning in a scrimmage against a few Twins minor leaguers.  I was able to get right up to the backstop.  His ball hissed as it came to the plate.  Just then, whatever thoughts I ever ha...

<t>393C3B3D353F263B3221272A530 wrote: I used to fly down every year and spend a week there just after the minor league guys report for spring training, but have not been able to do so now in almost 20 years.  It was always a great experience.  I hope to be able to start doing that again, but life ha...

Has anyone noticed how quiet Shelton has been through all of this or have I missed him expressing an opinion about how things are going.

<t>I am fairly new to this board so if another member usually starts a spring training thread just let me know and I will delete this one. Pitchers and Catchers report Feb 10 with position players coming on Feb 16. I will be posting my impressions here as Spring Training progresses. The good thing i...

Hi Javy glad to see you posting !