Notes: Sweeney hopes for chance
Published 3/5/2008 by Barry M. Bloom at Major League Baseball News
Mike Sweeney was one of only four team captains in the Major Leagues last season while with the Royals. Now that he's in camp with the A's, the 34-year-old veteran is hoping to provide leadership, but he knows he must first make the team to have that chance.
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