ANAHEIM -- After every drill in Spring Training, new Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar approached Gary DiSarcina, the first-base coach who quickly became Escobar's personal ground-ball hitter, and thanked him. When the season began and Escobar started making impressive defensive plays that actually counted, he would retreat to the dugout and locate DiSarcina.
"That's for you," Escobar would tell him, in whatever English he could muster. "You did that."
DiSarcina would shake his head and point his index finger at Escobar, who quickly deflected the praise.
"No, that's you," Escobar would say.