Before the first game of spring training, Valentine is already chafing about the slight.
With his early groundwork established, Hughes pitched in his first game of spring training Tuesday, and the results were mixed, but satisfactory.
While his teammates set out to win their first game of spring training, Delgado, the Mets' 35-year-old first baseman, traveled to New York to have a magnetic resonance imaging test on his right hip, which came back negative.
LUCIE, Fla .— As much as players and coaches and members of the news media like to play down its importance, the first game of spring training always brings a certain measure of excitement, if only as a sign that meaningful baseball rests on the horizon.
But assuming she irons her sheets and doesn't shank anybody with a butter knife (the Laguiole, with a rosewood handle and brass bolster, adds a touch of elegance to any holiday table, even in the joint), she will be out of the pokey in time for the first game of spring training.
