PEORIA, Ariz. — In the late innings of most spring training games, substitutes are playing based on feel rather than an intimate knowledge of their opponent.
A baserunner might not know much about an outfielder’s arm and an outfielder may have little sense of a baserunner’s speed, but that wasn’t the case at the Peoria Sports Complex on Thursday.
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When San Francisco Giants prospect Hunter Bishop stole second base and saw the catcher’s throw rolling into center field, he knew everything about the outfielder he was challenging. Hunter’s older brother Braden picked up the ball, wound up to fire to third base and thought better of trying to force the ball.