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Kovacevic: Can’t bury Pirates’ lack of bop, though they ‘think we can’ break out

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The ball boomed off Colin Moran's bat, as it does anytime he barrels up with that looping swing, and bounced up off the base of the right-field fence.

It'd be the best show of power all afternoon and, as if to punctuate that ...

Next up, Jacob Stallings, swinging K.

Next up, Kevin Kramer, swinging K.

Next up, Will Craig, swinging K.

Bubbly as it's been around here, with players absolutely raving about the upbeat approach being applied by Derek Shelton and staff -- seriously, I've never heard it to this extreme in any spring training -- there's one subject guaranteed to gut any mood: Who's going to hit the home runs?