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When Spencer Torkelson was 19, his father, Rick, had a realization that later saved Torkelson three-quarters of a million dollars.Undrafted out of high school, Torkelson matriculated to Arizona State and started torching college pitching, eventually crushing Barry Bonds’ school record for home runs by a freshman. “I was thinking, ‘Oh my God, this kid’s going to get drafted in the first round,”’ Rick recalled earlier this week.Advertisement