Team Ankiel wins game, as La Russa bends rules
JUPITER, Fla. — Infielder Skip Schumaker’s first diving play in a game this spring training came this afternoon at about 1:30 p.m. EST, for those of you keeping score. Dashing to his left, Schumaker dove, snared Joe Thurston’s speedy grounder, got to his feet, and …
Threw high to first base.
“I have to realize I have more time,” Schumaker said later. “I can only learn that in games.”
Schumaker said his goal is to improve each day…