Orioles utility man Ryan Flaherty was talking with his friend and former teammate Nick Markakis before Tuesday's Grapefruit League exhibition opener against the Atlanta Braves at Champion Stadium.
"He said, 'By the way, there's a left field out there,''' the left-handed-hitting Flaherty recounted, soon after hitting a single and a home run to left in his first two at-bats.
He also swung back at Markakis: "I told him, 'I didn't drive two hours to watch you hit ground balls to the left side either.'"
Flaherty has been swinging the bat very well for the past several days.