It was the first time I’d asked anyone this question, but it seemed appropriate for a 29-year-old international scout for a Major League Baseball team who happens to be crazy about fishing. “Would you rather catch a 700-pound blue marlin or win a World Series?”
But before Astrid deGruchy can answer, I up the ante. “Let’s make it a grander, a World Series victory or a 1,000-pound blue marlin?”
“That’s like a question,” deGruchy says, referring to the 1982 movie in which actress Meryl Streep has to live with a life-altering decision she makes involving her two children. My question obviously isn’t on that level, but
