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Transition is a 'work in progress'

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing the Florida Marlins on an unseasonably cold spring night at Holman Stadium, and life around the bag is uneventful for new first baseman Nomar Garciaparra. For four innings, anyway. In the fifth, Florida's Jeremy Hermida hits a chopper to no-man's land. Garciaparra ranges right to snare the ball, but not quickly enough to prevent a hit. Miguel Cabrera follows with a double past a diving Nomar. Two batters later, Dodgers second baseman Jef ...

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