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Pitcher' Pivetta impresses Phillies manager

TAMPA - Phillies manager Pete Mackanin first met Nick Pivetta this winter when the team brought a crew of its top prospects into town for a weeklong seminar at Citizens Bank Park.

"He asked an awful lot of questions. Boy, he wouldn't stop asking questions," Mackanin said after Friday afternoon's 9-4 Grapefruit League loss against the Yankees. "It was nice to see but it was like, 'Come on. Are you trying to brown nose me or what.' Then after watching him work and watching him pitch today, he's a pretty solid guy."

The inquisitive Pivetta impressed his manager with a pair of scoreless innings.