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FILE - In this March 5, 2016, file photo, Tommy Giordano, right, special assistant to the general manager of the Atlanta Braves, scouts a spring training baseball game between the Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Kissimmee, Fla. Giordano spent nearly all of his marvelously full life as a baseball man. He’s going out like he lived for more than 93 years _ surrounded by family and friends, accompanied by overwhelming love and stories that will endure long after he’s gone. (AP Photo/Paul Newberry, File)

Longtime baseball scout Tommy Giordano dies at 93

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2016, file photo, Tommy Giordano, special assistant to the general manager of the Atlanta Braves, scouts a spring training baseball game between the Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates, in Kissimmee, Fla. “I'm going to do this until I die,” Giordano told me back in 2016, when I first met him at the Braves’ spring training complex, located within the confines of Disney World. “I can't wait to get up in the morning and go to the ballpark.” (AP Photo/Paul Newberry, File)

Column: As spring training arrives, a baseball life ends

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press