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Here’s the photo of Pablo Sandoval’s belly everyone is talking about

Boston is buzzing about Panda

Pablo Sandoval part in workouts with other position players at spring traing Sunday. Jim Davis/The Boston Globe

By Henry McKenna @McKennAnalysis

February 22, 2016

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They don’t call him “Kung Fu Panda’’ for nothing.

Pablo Sandoval arrived at Red Sox spring on Sunday, and appeared not to have lost much weight in the offseason, if any. The 29-year-old third basemen said the Red Sox did not instruct him to lose weight, though Sox manager John Farrell told reporters he feels Sandoval is “in better condition than he finished last year.’’

And so the Panda watch continues.

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