The languid beauty of baseball

Get into the swing of the season with these surprisingly artful shots from spring training

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Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval throws a ball during a spring training baseball workout in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.