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BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 3/21/2008 on www.sportsline.com [flag]

Giants: Five things to know SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Oh yes, Barry Bonds has been heard from around here this spring. Outfielder Dave Roberts has spoken with him over the telephone. So has outfielder Randy Winn , and infielder Rich Aurilia . In fact, Aurilia and Bonds exchanged text messages early in camp after Aurilia vacationed with his family in Mexico this winter. "Turned out we stayed in ... [link]

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Sportsline: Miller: With no Barry by the Bay, Giants look to put ‘fun’ in fundamentals
Published 3/21/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Sportsline: Miller: With no Barry by the Bay, Giants look to put ‘fun’ in fundamentals Another postcard from the ledge… Bochy is helping them with that by paying attention to fundamentals this spring the way Meryl Streep obsesses over her movie accents. Taking the extra base, hit-and-runs, sacrifice bunts, slapping ground balls to the right side of the infield to score the runner from third base ... all stuff the Giants of the Bonds era never had to care much about. “One run here, one run there, that could make a difference,” Dave Roberts says. “It’s playing the game of ...

How is Sabean Skating?
Published 3/21/2008 by Shyster at ShysterBall
... CBS' Scott Miller takes a look at the post-Bonds Giants and, as so many others have this spring, concludes that things will be bleak by the Bay this season. And he's right, of course. ...

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Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts found this 3/21/2008 on blog.mlive.com

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Fernando Rodney has shut it down again, but it's hard to say how much of a setback he's had. Rodney said this afternoon that he hadn't thrown since Tuesday, when he didn't feel right and had to...

New Era Cap Reaches Three-Year Deal with Korean Baseball Organization

Kumar posted 3/21/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com

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Adenhart continues to open eyes
Trying to make it as difficult as possible for the Angels to go into the season without him, Nick Adenhart certainly left an impression on the Giants on Thursday at Tempe Diablo Stadium with six shutout innings of three-hit ball.

Backup catchers not impressing
At the current rate, whoever wins the Giants' backup catching job will do so by default. Eliezer Alfonzo is batting .075 (3-for-40). Guillermo Rodriguez is hitting .118 (2-for-17).

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Why Clemens and Bonds Are Victims of The Era
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