Yankees OF Curtis Granderson was hit by a pitch in the upper right arm at extended spring training in Tampa, Fla.

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Meanwhile, tumult also swept through the upper levels of South African rugby later in the spring, as the country's National Sports Council ordered the chiefs of the embattled SARFU, headed by Louis Luyt, to resign or face sanctions for failing to change to reflect South Africa's transition from apartheid.

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