Getting your player ready...
Mark DeRosa is used to meeting new teammates and getting his work in during spring training. This year has been a little different. DeRosa is in his first spring camp with Cleveland after the Indians acquired him from the Chicago Cubs on Dec. 31. But the veteran infielder will leave his new teammates today to begin training with the U.S. squad in Clearwater, Fla., for the World Baseball Classic. “I’m a guy who’s never been in an All-Star Game and I’ve never been in the Olympics,” DeRosa said. “I’ve never had a chance to play for the U.S. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
