Spring training crucial for Janish to grab starting job

Published Feb. 7, 2011 12:31 a.m. ET

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By HAL McCOY
FOXSportsOhio.com
Feb. 7, 2011

Somebody used this line a long time ago, but it fits this discussion: "About 71 percent of the earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Paul Janish."

If Janish could use a baseball bat the way he uses a baseball glove, the Cincinnati Reds would have a superstar on their hands in the same class as Joey Votto.

When he is on the field, Janish is Ozzie Smith at shortstop