Brian McTaggart has his update from today's Spring Training:
-Keep Nelson Figueroa in your thoughts and prayers, as his grandfather has passed away, and Figueroa will miss some time to attend the funeral.
Figueroa:
"He instilled that hard-work mentality into my father and he instilled that into me, and dad still works as hard as ever. I go and play this game with a workman mentality and take nothing for granted, and realize I'm blessed to play this game. I've paid my dues time and time again, and will continue to do so in [his grandfather's] honor. We're a very close family, and this will make us even tighter."
-Bill Hall is expected in camp for the first time tomorrow, as he has been with his fiancee for the birth of their child.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
