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been pushing cars in the off season and it s spring training and will be pushing franco with a lot of work this year and jeff skversky has that story from clear water. reporter: two years ago hall of famer smith made a bold statement saying third baseman franco is better than he at his age and he has not lived up to it and working hard in clear water with tell low teammate carlos santana and could be a make it or break it for franco and may have led in homers and rbi but the lowest in the league and lost his everyday job in the stretch. just get better at everything and try to control my emotion try to be more aggressive and like i said to just have to do what i have to do to get better. reporter: to get better he played winter ball in the dominican republic and played with carlos santana in camp taking him under his wing and the lockers are side by side. and he called me, he said i m so happy for you. i want to work together. the thing is with franco is great h ....
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Brazilian-Bred Royal Ship Overtakes Country Grammer In Californian Sponsored by: Royal Ship and Mike Smith (outside) edge past Country Grammer to win the Californian In what soon developed into a match race, Richard Mandella s Royal Ship out-gamed Bob Baffert s Country Grammer by a neck following a thrilling stretch duel in Saturday s Grade 2, $200,000 Californian Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Ridden by Mike Smith, Brazilian-bred Royal Ship got 1 1/8 miles on a fast track in 1:48.47 and will now be pointed to the G1, $400,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at 1 1/4 miles on May 31. Idle since running fifth in the G1 Travers Stakes Aug. 8 at Saratoga, Country Grammer was sent from his number three post position while Royal Ship, who had been well off the pace in his four stateside starts for Mandella, was hustled out of the gate and sat a close second early while applying considerable pressure to the front-runner. ....