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UCLA's Kevin Kramer returns from injury with new perspective on baseball

/ STAFF WRITER

UCLA's Kevin Kramer runs toward third base during a game against Hofstra University earlier this season at UCLA. Kramer, whose 39 runs scored in 45 games, leads the team, leads the Bruins into a key Pac-12 series against Arizona State this weekend in Tempe.

LOS ANGELES – Kevin Kramer sat atop a perch beyond the third-base line at Jackie Robinson Stadium on a midweek afternoon and acknowledged his new perspective.

How could he not?

About 15 months ago, on the eve of opening day, the day on the baseball calendar that oozes with optimism, the UCLA shortstop received a dose of bad news.