I don't agree that "it's such a great story, it deserves to be said twice."
Why? The bottom line is, he screwed up bigtime. A recipe for disaster.... give an irresponsible kid a ton of money, let him act like a fool, and look at what you get. The sad thing is, where were his parents when all of this was building up? The whole time this saga was going on, how come they didn't notice? Where were his ex-teammates? Friends? Partying with him? How many responsible people knew that he was self destructing, but turned a blind eye?
I'm also touched that he's got such warm and fuzzy feelings for the Marlins, who are so patient with him, and are letting him come back at his own pace. Here's a news flash.... they are patient with him only because of the mucho dinero invested in him. He's apparently too dumb to realize that the size of their investment is the only reason he's still around. If he'd signed for $10,000, he'd be bagging groceries, because they would have cut him a long time ago.
I wish the best for him, because I don't wish ill will on anyone. However, this is my best "feel good" scenario... a fringe prospect pitcher in the Marlins organization will get cut, because they are holding out promise for a kid that's too stupid to realize that the real world has no patience for junkies. The fringe prospect will wind up playing Indy League ball, and have his rights bought by an MLB team for the grand sum of a handful of bats, a bucket of catfish, and some used batting practice balls. That prospect will make it to the Majors, and beat the Marlins in his debut.
Now, THAT'S a story I'd like to read!
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