Bigger, Faster, Stronger? Not Everybody At Spring Training

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Times: Baseball
Fri, 03/06/2015 - 12:43am

Big and bloated or slim and sleek, plenty of big league players showed up to spring training this year looking nothing like they did last season.

Topics: baseball

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