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A fact from David Clyde appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that David Clyde was the first person selected in the 1973 MLB Draft and signed to a $125,000 bonus, the highest bonus ever given to a draft pick at the time?
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"which ended at age 26 because of arm and shoulder injuries" and "he retired from baseball at age 26." ending the first and second para, somewhat repetitive.
"Oddly enough, ..." not encyclopedic.
Suddenly, you reference a couple of sentences at the end of the lead but none of the rest of it. Why?
