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Matt Harvey learning how the other half lives amid struggles

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Matt Harvey walks off the field after the first inning of the Mets' 9-1 loss to the Nationals on Thursday night.

Matt Harvey has spent a lot of the past three years reaping the rewards of stardom in New York City — the best tables, the best seats, the best nickname, the adoration, the adulation. That’s the easy part. That’s the fun part.

This is the hard part:

Earning the fame. Earning the status. Earning the tumult. And earning the windfall that, in the recesses of his mind, he’s probably already spent.