Carlos Beltran tries legs in center
Before a pair of team buses left Port St. Lucie at 9:15a.m., Willie Randolph approached Carlos Beltran in the Mets clubhouse at Tradition Field, informing him that Cardinals manager Tony La Russa did not intend for the teams to use a DH in Thursday's Grapefruit League game.
Beltran got on the bus anyway. He then played four innings in center field, his first time patrolling there in a game since getting both knees surgically cleaned Oct. 3. Continue
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