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Allen Craig is focusing on the positive

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It’s almost to the point where you feel sorry for Allen Craig.

His untenable roster situation aside, he’s already been hit by a pitch three times in spring training, including one off his helmet Saturday, but he’s dusted himself off each time. On Sunday, he batted third and DH’d against the Rays.

“I’m fine,” Craig said from his locker in Fort Myers, before the team bus left for Charlotte Sports Park. “I got lucky. It definitely wasn’t fun. It’s part of the game, I guess. I was focusing on trying to drive in a run. It’s a spring training game and you don’t really expect it, but it could have been worse.