Orioles ace Chris Tillman is itching to get back on the mound, but he hasn't spent the first two weeks of spring training in an injury-induced cocoon.
He has been throwing regularly on flat ground and taking part in fielding drills while he rehabilitates his dicey shoulder. He's very much involved in the daily meetings and classroom sessions that go on out of public view at the Ed Smith Stadium complex.
He can even pass some time at this extra-long spring training, fishing at the edge of the small pond behind the covered batting cage that borders the Camden Yards replica practice field.