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Article: Hamden's Natale will start season with Double-A Portland

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At this time of year, with a bit of chill still in the air, most people would opt to head to California rather than Portland, Maine. Not Hamden's Jeff Natale.

Natale, the Boston Red Sox's second-base prospect, got some great news on Friday when he learned he'd be breaking spring training camp with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, rather than the Class A Lancaster (Calif.) JetHawks.

"I'm absolutely thrilled," Natale said. "I finished up at high-A last year and thought I had a good overall year, and the next step would have been Double-A. So I'm pretty happy about the news."

To say Natale had a "good overall year" last season is a big understatement. A 2001 graduate of Westminster-Simsbury ...

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