Diamond Notes-

- Day brought more work for pitchers as they took on the duties of throwing live BP. It’s definitely fun watching teammates face each other, even if it’s just practice. Zito and Lincecum headlined the session on the main field both facing Pablo, Huff, Schierholtz, Posey, and possibly a couple others.

- The only homerun I saw during live BP was from Uribe off of Sergio Romo. I think he knew Romo was working on the fastball as he launched it to the trees. They both had a little laugh.

- Although I don’t have any pictures of them, Bumgarner and Cain have been training together almost all the time. Looks like Madison replaces The Big Unit as Matt’s throwing partner.

- You’ll probably start to notice that all the photos are shot from the RF line. That’s because the stadium is on lock down from access to other areas. The 75 year old lady security guard in RF will take you down to Chinatown if you cross her. I like the use of my legs so I stay within the regulated areas.

- I don’t know if Huff has ever faced Lincecum before but he didn’t do anything. Initially I tweeted he struck out, but looking over the video, I can’t tell if a count was being kept. Plus he rolled over a pitch for a ground ball to 1B.

- The major players in the F.O. were at the yard today. Larry Baer, Bill Neukom, and Brian Sabean took in some of the practice from the dugout. I snapped a photo of Sabean and realized something, this is the exact same pose I see of him everywhere, even holding the coffee. Sorry, I didn’t follow him to the parking lot to see if he kicked his tires before driving home…

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