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Despite Al’s efforts to reach out to multiple teams, none showed interest. When I learned there would be no offers, I graciously declined his proposition, assuming that this was our final conversation. Yet, almost a year later, fate intervened when Al reached out again, reiterating his offer under the same conditions. He had called twelve teams, and predictably, no one was willing to sign me. But the thirteenth team, the St. Louis Rams, was willing to give me a tryout, and my heart swelled with excitement.