Another sign of spring...Ryan Zimmerman (up above, Screencap via Comcast SportsNet) at Saturday night's Caps-Panthers game.
Seems Zim is having better luck watching the Caps than teammate Ross Detwiler, who arrived in Florida early for Spring Training but is suffering through a blackout:
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