Spring Training 2016: Same Ballpark, Different Opponents

Back at Roger Dean Stadium on Tuesday, this time as the Marlins welcomed the Yankees. Another perfect early March day, with temps in the 70s and fair weather clouds mixing with the deep blue sky.
(Above) C.C. Sabathia tossed two shutout innings in his first spring start. The only baserunner he allowed was Chris Johnson, who walked with two outs in the 2nd.
(Below) The ageless Ichiro twisting out of the way of some inside heat. 
Or maybe you prefer seeing him patrolling right field for Miami. He enters 2016 just 65 hits shy of 3000 in U.S. play.
(Below) Few hirings generated as much over the winter as the selection of Barry Bonds to be the Marlins' new hitting coach. Is this the first step for him to rehabilitate his image? Or does he need to say more and demonstrate more before he can be accepted by the fans?
(Below) One of Bonds' prized pupils will be Marlins 2nd baseman Dee Gordon. A terrific 2015 season made you wonder what the Dodgers brain trust was thinking when they traded him to Miami.
(Below) A final pair of images featuring Yankees power hitting prospect Aaron Judge.
Top of the 7th inning, and the Yankees top power prospect is facing lefty reliever Mike Dunn. Judge jumped on one a fraction of a second too early... crushing the pitch. The sellout crowd with more Yankee than Marlin fans on hand rose and reacted -- and saw the ball sail just foul. Look carefully, you can see it even with the "A" in Seacoast.
Unfortunately for Judge, Dunn froze him for a called third strike a couple of pitches later. The good, the bad and the ugly all in the space of one at bat.

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