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“Signs You're Not Making The Club Out Of Spring Training”


  1. When you do your laps in the outfield, they ask you to push a seed spreader
  2. Your uniform number? 136
  3. You’re pretty sure the guy getting dressed next to you is not a ballplayer — he’s a migrant worker
  4. Photographers from baseball card companies ask you to help hold lighting equipment
  5. You’re sent to workout with players who all seem to be on the same Little League team
  6. Team officials finger you as the 5-7% of the club on steroids
  7. The club pencils in your name … on your uniform jersey
  8. Once friendly teammates awkwardly stop talking about “The Apprentice” as soon you enter the clubhouse
  9. Scott Boras calls; he wants his binder back
  10. Your role in the team’s new television commercials — watching them


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