Dayan Viciedo is making big impressions early in camp. Unfortunately, they're the wrong type of impressions to be making. On Saturday he looked comically overmatched by average minor-league breaking stuff (in the thin air of Arizona), and Monday he loafed to first base "running" out a ground ball in a 'B' game and caught the ire of the Kenny Williams. Ozzie was quick to defend, um, his own similar reaction.
"I was more upset than Kenny was," Guillen said in a calm tone. "We don't put up with that stuff here. And we don't like players playing like that, especially like a kid who just played Double-A last year. Especially the way the minor-league kids are playing right now, the way they're playing well and hustling. I talked to him in the dugout before Kenny came down. I talked to him in the dugout after Kenny came down, and he promised me it won't happen again."
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Greg Walker, weatherman, says it's warm in the Greater Phoenix area. But it could get cold at any time.
"It's still very, very early," said Walker, speaking following Monday's B game tie with the Dodgers. "Considering the time here, we're good, we're doing well here."
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Juan Pierre gets the New York Times treatment, wakes up earlier than Chone Figguns. WU scoffs at his "late" 4 AM wakeup time.
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Don Cooper got mercilessly heckled late in yesterday's game. Don. Cooper.