SAN DIEGO -- Being just one of the guys is one of the things that?Joey Bosa missed during the 31 days that he remained unsigned because of a contract impasse with the San Diego Chargers.One day after he signed a four-year deal on Monday, Bosa was on the field working with his teammates and posing with some of his fellow defensive linemen for the long row of cameras on hand to watch his first appearance on the field since June at Chargers Park. Veteran defensive tackle Brandon Mebane hatched the idea of the impromptu photo shoot to help loosen things up for Bosa.It means a lot that theyre all welcoming me back with open arms like that, Bosa said. They all understand the business of the NFL and why I wasnt here. So theres no bad blood between any one of us, and theyre just excited to have me out here, and Im excited to be out here.Bosa missed more than a month and three preseason games during a contentious contract stalemate that included haggling over the payment of Bosas $17 million signing bonus and whether the contract would include offset language. He signed Monday and said he could play in the opener Sept. 11 at the Kansas City Chiefs.Bosa and the rest of the Chargers worked out in just helmets, jerseys and shorts as the team prepared for San Diegos final preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers in two days.Were just happy to have him out here, defensive lineman Corey Liuget said. And I just look forward to working with the guy.Bosa likely will not play against San Francisco. Chargers head coach Mike McCoy said hell take a wait-and-see approach to determine if the Ohio State product will play in the regular-season opener on the road against the Chiefs. The Chargers have just one padded practice in the next two weeks to get Bosa ready for the season opener. But so far, McCoy has liked what he has seen from his rookie, first-round pick.He looked as we expected, McCoy said. He was in shape and ready to roll. He looked the way he did when he left.Bosa said hell spend some extra time with defensive line coach Giff Smith on Tuesday and throughout the week to get up to speed on the playbook in general and specifically San Diegos plans for him defensively.Its was nice, actually getting to run some plays, Bosa said. Its just going to take a little bit of time to get back into a rhythm of things and get all of the plays. I still havent put pads on, so Im sure thats going to be the hardest thing to get adjusted to. DOnta Foreman Texans Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. 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At the Under-19 World Cup, he sent the leg stump of Zimbabwes Brendan Sly flying with the fastest ball of the tournament, measured at 143kph, and, in the semi-final, showed he could be just as nasty at the other end of the length spectrum, roughing up the Bangladesh opener Pinak Ghosh with a series of bouncers, one of which clattered into the side of his helmet.Can Joseph sustain that pace, and that intensity, into his third spell of a sweltering day, the way Walsh did time after time in a 16-year Test career? Will West Indies pick Joseph for the second Test against India, and give the cricketing world the opportunity of finding out?Marlon Samuels will not make that decision, but he made his thoughts as clear as possible when he spoke to the media on Thursday.Me? I would definitely play him, he said. Fit, fast and fearless. When are you going to play him? At 25? Hes 19 now, its the best time to just let him go and enjoy himself and express himself.Conditions at Sabina Park might just allow Joseph - or any combination of fast bowlers West Indies pick - to do that. Two days before the Test match, the pitch wore a thick coat of grass. At 10.45am, when the white sheet covering it first came off to allow the umpires to look at it, it was a bright, almost neon green. In the afternoon, when the West Indian players arrived at the ground, and sang Happy Birthday to Sir Garfield Sobers on his 80th, it was still green, but not alarmingly so.Nothing had happened to the pitch in the interim. Perhaps it looked less green because the shock of first seeing it had worn off; perhaps it was just the sun sucking away the mornings moisture. It was just a different shade of green.By the time the Test match commences, the grass might lose a few millimeters, and some of it might get rolled into the surface, but much of it will probably remain in place.ddddddddddddBehind the western square boundary is the Kingston Cricket Clubs pavilion, and mounted on the roof beams of the members bar are plaques commemorating every batsman to have scored centuries in both innings of Test matches. If the pitch for this Test match plays true to its appearance, it will take some effort for anyone to join Clyde Walcott and Lawrence Rowe in achieving that feat at Sabina Park.But batsmen, according to the groundsman Charlie Joseph, will enjoy true bounce, at least on the first two days.Mikey [Michael Holding] always used to tell me, you need bounce on the first two days, Charlie Joseph said. What happens on the third and fourth day, thats not up to you. Thats nature. But you want true bounce on the first two days. You want to put your foot here, he says, planting left foot firmly forward, and do that - a shadow cover drive, on the up. Thats good cricket.We will only know for certain on Saturday, but conditions could cause both teams to alter the strategies they employed in Antigua. West Indies are chasing the series, and a green pitch gives them as good a chance as theyll probably get to bowl India out twice. A green pitch could also narrow the gap between the bowling attacks, but West Indies will need to do some of that narrowing themselves. That will mean picking Joseph, or Miguel Cummins, or both, to partner Shannon Gabriel and give the pace attack more bite.India played five bowlers in Antigua, on a slow pitch that offered bounce but little sideways movement. Here, four bowlers could do the job, with the legspin of Amit Mishra potentially surplus to requirements. This could allow them the security of an extra batsman. With only four players - Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul and Bhuvneshwar Kumar - turning up for an optional session on Thursday, India did not reveal any of their cards. By Friday, a clearer picture should emerge.Whichever way the teams go, they will probably need to contend with a green track. Kent Crafton, the WICBs regional curator, who is overseeing the preparation of all the pitches for this series, said the board has made a concerted push to prepare quicker, bouncier pitches. We want to get it back up here, he said, bringing his hands up to chest level.Going by the bounce seen in Antigua, and the look of the pitch in Kingston, the efforts seem to be paying off. Its a positive sign, a rare one in West Indies Test cricket. ' ' '