There is no Operation Panda this winter, no Team Pablo shirts,no fanfare and no public pronouncements about Pablo Sandoval's bidto lose weight and save his career. He is working privately and,according to those who have seen and spoken to him, diligently. Rich Aurilia saw Sandoval at a Phoenix-area shopping mall beforeChristmas and said the 24-year-old infielder reported he had lost17 pounds while training at a private Arizona facility.