Whilst masticating on , Ed Grinnell (1:170/1701)
wrote to Alan Hess:
AH>> Peter Boulware and Darnell McDonald both overruled their agents 
EG> Yeah, when training camp was nearly over. Oh yeah, they really 
EG> showed their guts..:-^ 
McDonald had no training camp to consider.  He had a scholarship to Texas, 
and his father and advisor thought he should get a deal like the kid signed 
by the Diamondbacks.  That's why most teams passed on him in the draft.  He 
decided to take the Orioles' offer and play pro baseball.
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