That's true NewMexico, I remembered that as soon as I read it in Aiken's account. The tragedy is that not only he turned down the five million (which would set most of us for life) but that the Astros would have paid for his surgery and rehab. Now, he and his family have to foot that bill and I can't imagine it being cheap even with the insurance.

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