Thursday, February 28, 2008

Bottom 1st: Pirates at Phillies

Reigning National League MVP Jimmy Rollins gets a nice ovation as he leads off. But the biggest cheers are reserved for Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, who was coaching first base.

Pirate lefty Phil Dumatrait is on the mound in place of scheduled starter Tom Gorzelanny, scratched with shoulder irritation. This is definitely not the way the Pirates wanted to start the 2008 campaign.

Rollins steals his first base of the spring, but Dumatrait strikes out Ryan Howard. Schmidt, Rollins and Howard — not often do you see three MVPs on the same field.

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