SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Position competitions like the one between Tony Wolters and Tom Murphy for a Rockies catching spot alongside Chris Iannetta have a horse race quality. Who takes the early lead when games begin? Who's up by a nose a couple of weeks later? Down the stretch they come.
So, to pull and bend this analogy so far that it covers the entire 1 1/4-mile track at Churchill Downs, Iannetta and Murphy are going to spend their time at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick wearing figurative blinker hoods over (or under) their catcher's masks.