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Holding out for a hero

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Good piece in the most recent New York Times Magazine on the fate of Matt Harrington, the first-round draft pick who never did sign and never did get his $4 million signing bonus. He’s stacking shelves at a Target now and pitches for $800 a month. Life’s funny that way. If you hit the jackpot, you have to grab it.