The headline on this McCovey Chronicles wrap-up post: "Giants beat Rangers, take commanding 5-1 lead" tells you pretty much all you need to know about a single spring game in March. But more important than the box score is this winning description of Pablo Sandoval's current state of fitness:
Oh, but that Pablo. We've all seen the pictures of him from the offseason, we've read the Twitter updates, and we've heard the anecdotes. But there's something about watching him play that really highlights just how hard he worked during the offseason. Last year, you expected him to look for the keg every time he reached second base. Now he looks like a 24-year-old baseball player, which was a goal that seemed as unlikely as "emu" or "toaster oven" at the end of last year. It was an amazing transformation.It's these little outpourings of Kevin Costner-like dude-love that get us all excited for baseball season. Just look: Pablo even "felt froggy enough [yesterday] to steal a base." (!)
