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• Big contract a 'special moment' for Belt
  From the Web › MLB.com
  A relieved Brandon Belt rejoined the Giants on Thursday, one day after missing the club's first full-squad workout to return from St. Petersburg. Belt arrived there...
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• Morse puts on power show as Giants get into swing of spring
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Michael Morse was the star of the first truly interesting day of spring training as he crushed not one but two opposite-field home runs.
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• Tim Lincecum gets favorable judgement in legal dispute with former landlord
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum wanted his reputation cleared after being accused of damaging a townhouse
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• Landlord who sued Tim Lincecum for property damage now owes him $100,000
  From the Web › USA Today
  After a long legal battle with his former landlord, Giants starter Tim Lincecum will get paid $100,000 after reaching agreement with the woman. Mindy Freile sued...
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• Pagan wants to be ironman for Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Angel Pagan has distilled his goals to the bare essentials. And for good reason. Pagan missed more than half of last season with a strained left hamstring. That...
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• Defensive whiz Adrianza feels his time is now with Giants
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Ehire Adrianza is out of minor league options, so if he doesn't make the club's Opening Day roster his time in Orange and Black could be over.
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• Giants' Casilla clears up his visa issue
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Right-handers Santiago Casilla and Jose De Paula have received their U.S. visas and are scheduled to travel to Arizona on Friday.
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• Lincecum improves to 1-0 in 2014
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Tim Lincecum is throwing the ball well this spring, and he's having a positive month off the field, too. Lincecum was recently cleared in a dispute with a San Francisco...
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• SF Giants' Tim Lincecum awarded $100,000 in landlord-tenant case
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Just got word from the Beverly Hills Sports Council, which represents Tim Lincecum, that he has been awarded $100,000 in a San Francisco court case in which the landlord...
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• SPRING NOTES: Former Giants Francoeur, Mota, Nady, Tanaka, Hensley, etc. are still out there. Seriously.
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  My friend Chris Haft of MLB.com had a little fun with the Spring Training Media Guide today, going through the rosters and asking us where former Giants are playing...
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• San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt living a dream
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Brandon Belt's multi-million dollar deal with Giants achieves a wish he has been dreaming about since his high school days in Texas.
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• Two get prison for beating Giants fan at Dodger Stadium
  From the Web › USA Today
  The 2011 beating prompted public outrage and led to increased security at Dodgers' games.
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• Jeff Francoeur was depressed last year
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Jeff Francoeur was cut by the Giants before the season was over last year. This after a disastrous 2013 season and a sub-par 2012 season. He's in Indians camp now...
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• As he fights for a job, Adrianza makes a statement on Day 1 of live batting practice
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  If your last name starts with P-E-T, stay the hell away from Ehire Adrianza. The young infielder hit a homer off Andy Pettitte last September and did the same against...
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• Giants fan Stow's attackers sentenced
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to the 2011 incident outside of Dodger Stadium that left a Giants fan seriously injured, according to The Associated Press, and were...
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• Beating suspects plead guilty in Dodger Stadium assault
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Two men charged with severely beating San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in 2011, leaving him with brain damage, pleaded guilty...
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• Two LA men plead guilty to beating Giants fan Stow
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Two men have pleaded guilty to the 2011 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow outside Dodger Stadium.
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• Belt signed and ready for Giants' season
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Brandon Belt's trip to San Francisco's spring training camp took a detour through Florida and he was more than happy to make the trip.
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• Belt signed and ready for Giants' season
  From the Web › USA Today
  Belt in Giants camp after avoiding arbitration, ready for the season
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• Giants fan Stow's attackers plead guilty
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to the 2011 incident outside of Dodger Stadium that left a Giants fan seriously injured, according to The Associated Press.
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• Brandon Belt recounts his strange, 'magical' trip to Florida
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Fresh off a flight back from an arbitration hearing that never happened, Brandon Belt had no acrimony over how his salary fight played out.
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• Giants fan Stow's attackers plead guilty, sentenced
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Two men charged in the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow pleaded guilty Thursday and accepted plea deals in the March 2011 Opening Day attack.
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• Family speaks out as 2 admit Dodger Stadium attack
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  On a day two men were sentenced to prison for the beating of aSan Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, the victim's sisterdescribed the grueling life left for the...
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• Photos: The gang's all here! SF Giants at training camp
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Position players — including a slimmed-down Pablo Sandoval — join the San Francisco Giants pitchers and catchers in Scottsdale.
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• Brandon Belt emotional about his 2014 SF Giants contract
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Brandon Belt admits he is "usually too lazy" to trim his new beard. He made an exception this week so he could look presentable at his salary arbitration hearing in...
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• 2 sentenced in Stow attack scolded by judge
  From the Web › ESPN
  Two men have pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled.
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• Belt: "I really can't believe it right now."
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Brandon Belt and the Giants settled right around the midpoint, at $2.9 million. Was that a magic number? "It was magical to me," Belt said Thursday, smiling. The smile...
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• Bryan Stow beating suspects plead guilty in 2011 Dodger Stadium assault
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Facing a heartbroken family and a scornful judge on Thursday, two men, occasionally smirking, were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to severely beating...
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• Duo to plead guilty in beating of Giants fan Stow
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Two men are expected to plead guilty in an L.A. courtroom Thursday morning in connection to the beating of Bryan Stow.
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• Report: Stow case suspects to accept pleas
  From the Web › ESPN
  Two men accused in the 2011 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium are expected to accept a plea deal Thursday, San Francisco television...
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• Giants prepare to get into swing of spring BP
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants hitters took their hacks freely during batting practice Wednesday, but that will change as "live" BP begins Thursday, when hitters confront Giants pitchers. All...
  Share • February 19, 2014 at 6:40 PM
• Scutaro sits out Giants' first fielding drill
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants followed their strategy of restricting Marco Scutaro's activity Wednesday, as the second baseman did not participate in the opening full-squad...
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• Morse sees action at first, could fill in for Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Michael Morse, the Giants' projected Opening Day left fielder, joined infield drills as a first baseman Wednesday. This wasn't necessarily a huge surprise.
  Share • February 19, 2014 at 6:40 PM
• Bochy makes surprising statement in first full-squad meeting
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Are the 2014 Giants, the way they are currently assembled, better than the 2012 world champions? Bruce Bochy seems to think so...
  Share • February 19, 2014 at 4:41 PM
• Slimmer Panda won't be replaced late in games
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Wednesday that Pablo Sandoval, who in the past had often been removed in late innings when the team was tied or ahead, will play entire...
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• Slimmer, quicker Sandoval has plan to keep the weight off
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Pablo Sandoval revealed Wednesday that he would travel with an entourage this season, but they'll steer him to the gym instead of the club.
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• Bruce Bochy makes surprising statement in first full-squad meeting
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bruce Bochy stood in front of a crowded room Wednesday, and for the 20th time, he gave a version of the speech he's delivered every year as a...
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• Here's an upset: former SF Giants pitcher Kirk Rueter is back in a uniform
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Whatever happened to Kirk Rueter? You could have seen him get a technical foul at his daughter's eighth-grade basketball game. He was a volunteer assistant and stood up...
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• SPRING NOTES: Trolling on Day 1; The "Head & Shoulders" hitting group
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  So it begins. The Giants held their first full-squad workout on Wednesday, and - with Brandon Belt on a flight - it was Michael Morse at first base. Joaquin Arias was in...
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• Giants want Pablo Sandoval to stay at third base late in games
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy hopes slimmed-down Pablo Sandoval can remain at third base late in games
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• Huff battling for a spot on Giants pitching staff
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Left-hander David Huff is one of 37 pitchers in the SanFrancisco Giants spring training camp and one of 23 withmajor-league experience.
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• Huff battling for a spot on Giants pitching staff
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Left-hander David Huff is one of 37 pitchers in the San Francisco Giants spring training camp and one of 23 with major-league experience.
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• Sandoval: They "needed more defense at the time … I was out of shape."
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Few players in baseball have a greater love of celebratory kicks and kidney punches than Pablo Sandoval, but in recent years, the Panda's charge to the joyous dog pile...
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• Twelve hours to spring training: 1976
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  A fantastic road trip story from former major league journeyman pitcher John D'Acquisto. He tells of the twelve hours before reporting to spring training for the Giants...
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• Lawsuit filed against MLB by minor league players claim they are not paid minimum wage
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  A lawsuit filed by three former minor league baseball players against Major League Baseball in federal court in San Francisco appears to be the nation's first attempted...
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• SF Giants' Pablo Sandoval wants to lose even more weight this spring
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  The Giants just took the field for their first full-squad workout, with two very interested observers watching from the stands: Pablo Sandoval's brother/agent Michael...
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• Andrew Baggarly's Giants chat transcript (2.19.14)
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Giants Insider Andrew Baggarly is in Arizona for spring training. Join him today at 10 a.m. for free-flowing baseball talk.
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• Brandon Belt and the Giants avoid arbitration
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Brandon Belt and the Giants avoided arbitration last night by agreeing to a one-year, $2.9 million contract. Belt had filed at $3.6 million and the Giants filed at $2.05...
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• Scutaro has no regrets over playing through injury
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Marco Scutaro can once again straighten the pinkie finger on his left hand, thanks to a pin that was inserted for several weeks over the offseason...
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• Giants, Brandon Belt avoid arbitration with one-year deal
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Brandon Belt and the Giants came to an agreement eight hours before what would've been the club's first arbitration hearing in a decade.
  Share • February 18, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Belt agrees to $2.9M, 1-year deal with Giants
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  First baseman Brandon Belt has reached agreement on a $2.9 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants to avoid salary arbitration.
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• Giants, 1B Belt agree to $2.9M, 1-year deal
  From the Web › ESPN
  First baseman Brandon Belt has reached agreement on a $2.9 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants to avoid salary arbitration.
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• Belt signed and ready for Giants' season
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Brandon Belt's trip to San Francisco's spring training camp tooka detour through Florida and he was more than happy to make thetrip.
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• Belt agrees to $2.9M, 1-year deal with Giants
  From the Web › USA Today
  First baseman Brandon Belt agrees to $2.9M, 1-year contract with Giants to avoid arbitration
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• Giants, Belt reach deal to avoid arbitration hearing
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants sign first baseman Brandon Belt to a one-year deal to avoid arbitration hearing
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• SPRING NOTES: No deal yet for Giants, Belt … Sabean impressed by Lincecum, Law
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  General manager Brian Sabean spent his evening at Chase Field, talking with media members during an MLB session for managers and GMs. Assistant general manager Bobby...
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• Casilla getting work in Dominican Republic
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Though Santiago Casilla remains stuck in the Dominican Republic while he untangles his visa issues, the right-hander sent manager Bruce Bochy a video of a bullpen...
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• Pagan in Giants camp with added muscle
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Observing Tuesday's reporting date for position players, center fielder Angel Pagan materialized in the Scottsdale Stadium clubhouse looking spry yet muscular. Pagan...
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• Giants, Belt settle mere hours before hearing
  From the Web › MLB.com
  On the eve of what would have been the club's first salary arbitration hearing in 10 years, the Giants announced Tuesday night that they agreed to terms with first...
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• Scutaro to ease 'annoying' back into spring workouts
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Since being ready for the regular season is infinitely more essential than being ready for the start of Spring Training, the Giants and second baseman Marco Scutaro...
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• Marco Scutaro can't guarantee back issues are behind him
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Marco Scutaro played through a plethora of injuries last season. Despite heading into spring training healthy, the 38-year-old isn't hiding his concerns.
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• Giants notes: Pagan reveals his secret motivation, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Angel Pagan had every reason to shut it down after hamstring surgery last season.
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• SPRING NOTES: Pagan has no regrets about day that cost him most of 2013 season
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  It was the most exciting offensive play of the Giants season, but it also nearly ended Angel Pagan's year. The game-winning, inside-the-park homer against the Colorado...
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• Scutaro looking forward to healthy season
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  The setbacks that limited Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro to 127 games last year have done nothing to tarnish the optimism and gusto he brings to the game.
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• Scutaro looking forward to healthy season
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The setbacks that limited Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro to127 games last year have done nothing to tarnish the optimism andgusto he brings to the game.
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• Giants on verge of arbitration hearing with Brandon Belt
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants are closing in on their first arbitration hearing in a decade, and Brandon Belt could miss the first full-squad workout to attend.
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• Photos: SF Giants pitchers and catchers report to spring training
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Check out photos from the first weekend of SF Giants pitchers and catchers action in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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• Zito taking time away from baseball, not retiring
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Giants fans were happy to see Barry Zito's contract come off the books last year, but we haven't seen the end of the mercurial lefty just yet.
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• UPDATE: Brandon Belt, SF Giants reach one-year deal, avoid hearing
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 10:05 p.m.: With eight hours to go before the hearing, the Giants and Belt reached agreement on a one-year deal with $2.9 million. That's slightly more than the...
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• Scutaro reports to camp: "There's no reason to rush right now."
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Marco Scutaro can once again straighten the pinkie finger on his left hand, thanks to a pin that was inserted for several weeks over the offseason. An emphasis on winter...
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• Giants' Marco Scutaro is glad health issues are behind him
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Marco Scutaro can once again straighten the pinkie finger on his left hand, thanks to a pin that was inserted for several weeks over the offseason. An emphasis on winter...
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• Healthy Morse excited about joining Giants
  From the Web › USA Today
  Morse comes to camp healthy, enthusiastic about playing for San Francisco Giants.
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• Healthy Morse excited about joining Giants
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Mike Morse is healthy again, and he thinks he's ready to returnto the form that made him one of the top hitters in the NationalLeague in 2011.
  Share • February 17, 2014 at 5:40 PM
• Giants to devote more attention to bunting
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Though Giants pitchers already have been performing drills to improve their bunting, those efforts will intensify after full-squad workouts start Wednesday, when...
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• Giants' starter prospects might shift to relief
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants don't have too much pitching, because the well-worn cliche says that's impossible. But they might utilize some of their young arms differently than they had...
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• Live batting practice coming soon for Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With the Cactus League opener against the A's scheduled for Feb. 26, the Giants will begin live batting practice, with pitchers testing their stuff against teammates, as...
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• Giants notes: Cain's special way of welcoming Crick, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Matt Cain has been looking forward to Kyle Crick's arrival for some time and he gave the young prospect an unusual assignment before the first workout Monday.
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• Hudson throws in bullpen for 1st time with Giants
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Tim Hudson stretched a bit, pawed at the dirt with his foot, andtook a few warm-up tosses. He was ready to go.
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• Giants never lost sight of top prospect Escobar
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Back in 2007, the Giants attended a showcase in the Dominican Republic and their scouts wrote up strong reports about a 16-year-old from...
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• How a simple fix restored Mike Morse's home run swing
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  If Michael Morse's home run power returns in 2014, the Giants should send 'Thank You Cards' to Jayson Werth and Mark De Rosa.
  Share • February 17, 2014 at 1:40 PM