Article: PITCHERS READY FOR SPRING BATTLE.(Sports)

Byline: Marc Lancaster Post staff reporter

With a frigid wind whipping off the Ohio River outside Great American Ball Park Thursday morning, Reds pitchers Josh Hancock, Aaron Harang and Luke Hudson stood together for the first time since the end of last season.

When the three young starters departed Cincinnati in October, they figured there was a good chance they'd begin 2005 as they'd ended 2004 -- accompanying Paul Wilson and Brandon Claussen in the starting rotation. As they gathered to board a plush tour bus that would ferry them through the Reds Winter Caravan, though, the circumstances had changed quite a bit.

Rather than reporting to ...

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