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Samardzija's decision: 'What will make me happy?'

By Jeff Samardzija, as told to Amy K. Nelson
Special to ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Editor's Note: Looming over Jeff Samardzija is the one question he can't answer: Football or baseball? With the Senior Bowl coming up on Jan. 27, and the NFL combine and April draft to follow, it'll soon be decision time for the fiery Notre Dame receiver/pitcher, whose mid-90s fastball prompted the Cubs to make him their fifth-round pick in last summer's baseball draft. They signed him to a back loaded $7.25 million deal and sent him to the minors, where he went 1-2 in seven starts with a 2.70 E ...

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