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Article: SWIFT COMING ON STRONG FOR '97 CONDITIONING REGIMEN HELPS PITCHER GAIN DURABILITY.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- February 16, 1997
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Byline: Jack Etkin Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
TUCSON -- Despite being surrounded by familiar teammates, Bill Swift has an eerie sense of newness at the outset of spring training, a flashback to 1995 when he was the premier free agent pitcher on the market and signed with the Colorado Rockies.
``It feels like my first year again with the Rockies because I haven't done anything,'' Swift said. ``Hopefully, I can come out and start off strong and quiet everything down and get myself back on track again.''
Swift has been derailed enough in the past to wonder if this optimism won't turn into another fervent but unfulfilled wish. However, there ...