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Andrew’s friends tried to convince him that the phone call was a hoax. But Andrew knew that it wasn‘t.
He had recognized the reporter’s name from his trips to Philadelphia while with the Dodgers. And the reporter had way too much insider information for this to be a prank -- plus he had seemed genuinely surprised when Andrew said he hadn’t heard about the trade.
Sure enough, as the four men trodded back to the clubhouse following their round of golf -- Andrew double-bogeyed his final hole -- they got confirmation that this trade in fact was real. Andrew asked one of the staff to turn a TV channel to ESPN News. About five minutes later, the “breaking news” scrolled across the bottom -- LA Dodgers trade LHP Andrew Zarzour and 3B Edward Jackson to the Philadelphia Phillies for CF Andruw Jones.
Shortly after that, Zarzour’s cell phone rang again. This time he recognized the number and the Los Angeles area code. He let the call go to voice mail…
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