Piazza said he's embracing the idea of learning a new position and becoming more versatile. Last season, he first heard about the Mets' plan to play him first base on a pregame television show.
"It wasn't a catastrophic event, it was just one of those things," Piazza said. "Any relationship you have you sometimes have a little bit of a miscommunication. We got through it and we're here now."
In Tucson, Arizona, Ozzie Guillen bounced around the fields like a foul ball, talking with the Chicago White Sox pitchers and catchers, his coaching staff and just about anyone else who got within a few feet of him.
He spoke Spanish. He spoke English. He even tried a few words of Japanese.
"My first day, I had a blast," Chicago's new manager said after his team's first workout.
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