Gerrit Cole fires a fastball during 2013 spring training.
Pirates rookie Gerrit Cole talks about his time in spring training in this video.
Tom Smith grew up in Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania. He has been a Pirates fan for a long time and his patience is wearing thin. Really thin.
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