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so, it's the fifteenth, three thirty a.m., and what am i doing? reading baseball, just like i did all last season.
"Usually, if you're asked to give up a number or give it up voluntarily, the person who gets your old number is supposed give you something -- a Rolex, five suits or lunch on the road all year. When Rickey Henderson went to Toronto in 1993 and wanted No. 24, he gave $25,000 to Turner Ward. I think Rickey saw Ward as a young player and wanted to help him out. Turner would not have charged Rickey that much. Then there's the other side of the spectrum: A player gives another player a case of beer, and they're both happy."
"Usually, if you're asked to give up a number or give it up voluntarily, the person who gets your old number is supposed give you something -- a Rolex, five suits or lunch on the road all year. When Rickey Henderson went to Toronto in 1993 and wanted No. 24, he gave $25,000 to Turner Ward. I think Rickey saw Ward as a young player and wanted to help him out. Turner would not have charged Rickey that much. Then there's the other side of the spectrum: A player gives another player a case of beer, and they're both happy."