There's a story making the rounds, which I just came across, about Justin Verlander needing 50 cents to buy chocolate milk one day while a sophomore in high school. He made a deal with a friend to give him 0.1% of his signing bonus if he would lend him the money for the milk. The friend wrote down the terms on a napkin, Verlander signed it, and got his milk. Later, after Verlander signed with the Tigers, the friend produced the napkin."I forgot about it, but after I signed, he whips out this old napkin. I'm like, 'Oh my God!' My bonus was 3-point-something million," Verlander said.
"Was a chocolate milk worth $3,000? I want to say yes. I was parched."
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