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New faces at second base

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Managers and front-office executives have chugged enough coffee, held enough meetings and watched enough games to have a good idea how camp position battles will play out this spring. In some cases, the only remaining step is a formal declaration of the winners and losers. That's the case at both ends of Bell Road, northwest of Phoenix, where Texas and San Diego both entered spring training with openings at second base. The Padres planned to look at rookie Josh Barfield and vet ...

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