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McCarty expands repertoire

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- He came trotting out of the bullpen as the bottom of the sixth inning arrived. Here he was, David McCarty, one of the truly ground-breaking figures in the long, storied and, OK, essentially meaningless history of the Grapefruit League. Yet hardly a soul in the ballpark had a clue what they were witnessing. Including the guys he was about to pitch against. "When they announced his name," said the on-deck hitter, Phillies center fielder Marlon Byrd, "I was, lik ...

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