By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Chicago White Sox have two young pitchers who have thrown baseballs at least 100 mph, one of whom, Lucas Giolito, is the son of a Hollywood actress.
The White Sox have a Cuban infielder, Yoan Moncada, described as the No. 1 prospect in the game.
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By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Eight in a row for the Giants, the wrong way. True, they don’t count, but going a week without a win, even in the exhibition season brings back haunting memories of the second half of the 2016 regular season, when those losses did count, when San Francisco plunged from first place.
Madison Bumgarner pitched beautifully on a 72-degree Sunday afternoon, and that is what we should take from yet another Cactus League defeat for the Giants, this one to the Kansas City Royals, 4-3.
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
MESA, Ariz. — This is familiar territory to Joe Maddon. Not being manager of a World Series champion — “Kind of nice,” he understated — but Arizona, where he spent much of his career as part of the Angels’ organization.
For 30 years he was a part of the Angels, from playing for them in the minors to being a scout and a coach and on occasion an interim manager.
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