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Chris Girnenez spent his ofibeason working to get better in the A.izo*4 Fall League
MIKE

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SPECIAL TO THT DISPATCH

Bchincl htinrr X plltc at Hohoklrrr { Park, the silent scnrti'rr

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ny fi:onr clozens of basc-

ball scouts ancl a leisurely

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'rostl1.' into lbotball season, dictatc the ambience on a g7-degree Nol,.

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on their ivay to cong'at,lating A,brey, tuebbe. to Girnenez in :r 'rotions downward slash with iris'ight arrir, the ali-too-faniliar'crniutler r",*iru ball with the eor:rect angle" "itr" A better part of the frtur-yeal Inclian 1br:nh4nt1'.s a-scension to the nert level involveei (lirr-renez_observing tur1or1g the {ive lndials whq plal,ed in the Arizola Fall l,e*g'c, rvhich ended-witr,t rii. s"rpir.l tun..u ioriog tb trre plr.,";;; ;;; ;;;;:, in tl:rc Nov. t7 chau.rpio4slrip at Scottsclale Staclium, A'mong the leilsons he played in the Fall l*ague, a raain irrioriiy u,a*s to be a "5ig;;cr target"
TURN TO

Pr:ised at thc end of the thii'd-base dugout, Gilroy-ni*i'e a'd clcvelancl Irrdians prospect chris Gi're.e 2,,2s, is 'i:layng his role" eus. * c<.;nstant per. fbctionist, part-tim9 brrllpen catcher. ancl ftrI-timc sponge. llc chals nonchalantly rvith surprise ltr{ters pitching coach stevc Luebber on thc dugout's top stcp. The conr,'e rsation is interr-upt..t t y rL. cr.ack of a 1irsti'ning, two--run homcr fi'om thc R.fters'Michael Aubrey'- a near cacopho'y that I'everberates throughott the mostly cn.rp{, sladiunr.

GIM;NEZ.C5

PHOTOS SPECIAI TO

THr

DISPATCH

Chris Gimenez played catcher and thircl base duringl the Arizona Fall League.

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