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I spent a weekend in Springfield taking in some local company and a pair of games: one on Saturday and one on Sunday.  There are three position players on the Springfield team (Matt Adams, Ryan Jackson and Tommy Pham) that I paid special attention to and I had the chance to get a look at Nick Additon and Kevin Thomas as starters.

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Tomorrow it will have been seven years to the day that Bud Smith became the 18th rookie to throw a no-hitter in the major leagues. Once a hot prospect, the story of Bud is a sad and cautionary tale.

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