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Barely a month into the baseball season, the origin story of Eric Thames has already become the stuff of legends.
After uninspiring stints in Toronto and Seattle in 2011 and 2012, Thames headed to South Korea, choosing to chase a payday in Asia and potentially sacrifice his major-league dreams. There, his mammoth production earned him the nickname, “God.” Duly impressed, the Milwaukee Brewers awarded Thames a three-year, $16 million…