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Paul DeJong almost quit baseball. On Monday he signed a historic contract - A Hunt and Peck

On Monday morning news broke that the Cardinals and Paul DeJong agreed to a six-year, $26 million contract extension. It is the largest contract ever issued to a player with less than a year of service time. Our own John Fleming broke down the contract in a post Tuesday morning.

Naturally, the baseball world was pretty pumped - we finally had something to talk about!

@Cardinals fans, @RealPaulDeJong is going to be wearing Cardinal red for a long time.

RT and his @ToppsGallery numbered rookie card could be yours.