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SPRING TRAINING: Sometimes Gold has silver lining

 
Wright was unlikely winner of fielding award, but he's still working hard to improve his skills PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Some things, even David Wright admits, are impossible to practice. Like diving headfirst into the box seats to make a catch, as he did in Seattle. Or leaping to make a barehanded grab of a pop-up in shallow leftfield, as he did in San Diego . Or going horizontal to take away a sure base hit down the line, as he did to save a game in Philadelphia . (link)

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