Being this came from a pay site I won't include too much, in order to keep barristers from sweeping down,  but if you're industrious maybe you can find the whole thing in print or online.


From the Wall Street Journal Europe:

BERLIN -- Kathy Kepler, once a star ballerina at the Berlin ballet, has a saying: "Three days away, out of the ballet."

That training motto also serves her son Max, baseball's most unusual prospect. Max Kepler-Rozycki, 16, has just received an $800,000 bonus to sign with the Minnesota Twins, a stunning sum for a teenager out of Europe and a record for an amateur position player outside the U.S. and Latin America.

Officials from a dozen U.S. Major League teams, including the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs, came to Berlin this year to check out the 1.9-meter, 86-kilogram outfielder.

NOTE: For those not familiar with the metric system, that translates into 9 foot, 720-pound outfielder. Well, maybe I'm a little off on my conversion.