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Today marked the realization of a dream that was years in coming to fruition: the chance for [player] to finally play for his hometown team, the [team].
"It's funny" [player] observed to reporters during the press conference announcing the acquisition. "You spend your whole childhood with posters from your hometown team on the wall, telling your friends that you'd be a [team nickname] when you grew up. But even when you make the show, it doesn't usually work out that way. There are 29 other teams out there, and you have a family to feed, you know?"
After putting on the colors of his new team, he was asked how it felt. He broke into a big grin. "Like a kid again."
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