Leading Off: A-rod, Goldschmidt Make Spring Debuts

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Times: Baseball
Wed, 03/04/2015 - 12:37am

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training today in Florida and Arizona:

Topics: baseball

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