As baseball mega-agent Scott Boras splashes ink across deals eclipsing more than $1 billion this offseason alone, Encinitas counterpart Barry Axelrod meanders through his own contractual memories.
Sitting on twin beds at a secret hotel, crying with Rick Sutcliffe. Landing a client because Wally Joyner peeked out of the clubhouse and handed him a scrap of paper. Shaking his head at a rental car story at spring training. Spicing up a news story with the tall tale about finalizing a deal in a Napa hot tub.
The dollars changed, astronomically. The chase? Not one bit.
“A billion dollars?