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Athletics second baseman Jamile Weeks sat out Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013. Weeks hope to recapture the spark he brought to the team when he was called up in 2011, -
Athletics starter Tommy Malone pitches in the second inning in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics leadoff hitter Coco Crisp singles in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics Josh Reddick and some of the other members of the team are sporting more facial hair in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics catcher Derrick Norris throws to first base base in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics Jed Lowrie is greeted at home plate by Chris Young (l) after Lowrie's a two run homer in the fifth inning in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics Jed Lowrie is greeted in the dugout after hitting a two run homer in the fifth inning in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics Chris Young singles in his debut in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics pitcher Hideki Okajima pitches in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics hitter Hiroyuki Nakajima is greeted in the dugout after scoring in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics pitcher Hideki Okajima pitches in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Athletics hitter Hiroyuki Nakajima runs to first base after collecting his second hit in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013 -
Japanese folk artist Ken Koshio plays sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch in Thursday afternoons spring training game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. March 7, 2013
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