CASTILLO'S SCHEDULE Luis Castillo had arthroscopic surgery on both knees during the off-season, missed nearly the first month of spring training with soreness, and did not play three games last week because his right knee was bothering him.
After a good month of spring training, Boudreau named him the starter in right field for the 1948 season, saying that "he'll be in there until he stops hitting".
Orgeron, known for his high-strung personality and long work days, found a way to get ahead of his competitors in the spring of 2006, when he and his assistants hit the road for the month of spring evaluations the N.C.A.A. permits.
Just as Mr Tang, visiting Washington last autumn, had called it the "season of harvest", so her appearance in China coincided with "the month of spring—and I hope we will succeed during this visit in sowing the seeds of future progress".
Before Howell finished his first month of spring workouts in 2009, he contemplated quitting.
The understudies shared center stage with the Yankees' regulars for the first month of spring training, and some flubbed the opportunity.
