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D-backs third baseman Ryan Robers talks about being an everyday player and his spring training approach.

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Iran -- shown us here fox sports Arizona dot com fresh off -- work out and get ready for a ball game this afternoon and a lot of people come up to spring training see that the game on the field but how much work goes in in the morning. -- allowed them. You get here 630 every day. You know regular Sunday -- Try to go get a warmup then native quickly the list and then do -- in batting -- to that -- on the practice. I can tell. You know team fundamentals. Ground balls batting practice. You know -- relays all of that stuff so it and ends up being a long day. It was camp maybe a little different for you this year knowing when you come to work every day you see your name out there and -- card. Besides. You know I think -- I think that that's sort everyone and do whenever they when they come and they want to wanna be in the lineup every day and and you wanna start and he when he got there an inning pitcher innings and is much you can't so you know it's this is some lesson to be able to be a part of that every day. As far as approach goes what did you find last year in spring training that helped -- season. I'm less worried about the result some months I didn't wanna I wanna concentrate councilmen and happened so I concert on. My preparation for the game being loose being ready in -- batting practices in. And really focus on on -- for a game and prepare for gamers in the outcome because you know once you once you put -- boy can control the outcome on it and and I finally I got some power to realize that and just take it step by step in and as long as -- -- must prepare for that at bat ninth and everything early in the morning for. For the game then that was the best I can do it day. Your owner Ken Kendrick just came on that unfinished businesses that is a theme this year has arisen in the clubhouse. I says is truth and everybody everybody's and -- standing -- you know obviously there -- you -- was -- and and you know everybody is excited about what we did last year and -- in new little bittersweet but it. You know probably accomplishments that was a lot yeah I think everybody took hold -- and took a liking tennis though. You know this year than on his disease is a sustainable we did that in this go further than we did last year. Finally we get a shot you last week out here -- been Christians and you -- -- MLB fan -- need tattered up isn't his sides with logos what would you think about would you ever do anything on the side. Wow man on nothing like that knows -- to baseball fan. But I for his sake I hope they don't change logos anytime soon isn't it at the get a new one united it has sixty teams that a third -- does that hurt the ones that. You know I don't know I've heard her so I don't have anything on my side that I heard it hurts a lot so kudos to him that. They -- simulate the season in the game today Ryan Roberts -- here. On fox sports Arizona ago.

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