WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. • From an adjacent room came the sound of a performer warming up on a violin that had been molded and crafted several years before the U.S. Constitution. Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong stood close enough to hear and awaited the start of Wednesday’s concert by fielding questions about his brother’s contagious fondness for classical music.
A student in Florida State’s master’s program for music theory, the younger, taller and lither brother Matthew chose music over baseball, sound over fury; and Paul started listing the instruments his kid brother played: Oboe, piano …
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