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Article: IZZY THE ONE? NEWCOMER IZTURIS STILL A BIT OF A MYSTERY.(Sports)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- March 3, 2002
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Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer
VERO BEACH, Fla. - Eric Karros heard rumblings about Cesar Izturis being a slick-fielding shortstop, but didn't know much else about him. Marquis Grissom did some baserunning drills with Izturis and surmised he possesses strong instincts, but that's all he could figure out.
Paul Lo Duca said he hasn't met Izturis, and Mark Grudzielanek doesn't know much about him either.
Izturis, acquired from Toronto in a December trade, has spent his first two weeks of Dodgers camp keeping quiet and staying out of the way of most veterans, who have yet to engage in much meaningful talk with him.
But beyond the ...