FORT MYERS, Fla. – A few observations from a week spent pinch-hitting on the baseball beat, thoughts of a kind colleague gone too soon never far from mind …
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u25a0 Most impressive thing I saw all week, other than seeing Carl Yastrzemski and Dwight Evans at a back-field batting cage and realizing both look 20 years younger than their actual ages? Easy: Watching Chris Sale and Nathan Eovaldi throw live batting practice on Wednesday to a group of wide-eyed minor-league hitters, including burly 2018 first-round pick Triston Casas.