Sal Fasano
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"Salvatore Frank Fasano" is an American retired Major League Baseball catcher, and currently the Roving Catching Instructor for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Jeff Pearlman of ESPN.com said of Fasano: "When I think of Sal Fasano, however, I think of greatness. Not of Willie Mays or Ted Williams greatness, but of a uniquely excellent human being who, were class and decency the most valued standards of a career, would be the easiest Hall of Fame inductee of all time."[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/070406&sportCat=mlb ESPN Page 2 - Pearlman: A guy we'll miss]

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I hope that's what we see Opening Day. What I saw I liked. He had good life on his fastball. His breaking ball was sharp. I think the time off might have helped him because his stuff was electric.

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That's the theme so far, being able to get used to each other as a team, and picking each other up. We have a good team and that will happen.

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I'm glad people aren't picking us to win this division or make the playoffs. That just means we're going to surprise people. I'm OK with that.

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I got a lot flack for that. But that's OK.

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I learned he's a power pitcher, a strikeout pitcher. It's a totally different mindset [with a pitcher like that].

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He's not a glory hound. He just goes and does his job, and I'm sure he's happy keeping it that way.

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The hardest thing to do is to separate your hitting from your catching. If you can't do that, you can't have success in this game. You want to be a complete player, but defense has to take precedence. I view myself where I can find a way to relate what the pitcher has and how to use it. That's my job.

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Whenever you don't have fastball command, it's pretty tough to get everything else to work. If anything, it's a good learning experience to know that the fastball is the most important pitch you throw.

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You always wonder how your career could've gone. I wish I would've had the opportunity to play every day when I was younger, just to see what kind of player I could've been.

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