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"When you are in touch with the intricacies of baseball and its strategies, it is incredibly interesting. When you get in a rhythm with a team, each night is like a new chapter in an epic novel."

In 1989, he bought the West Palm Beach Tropics, a now defunct senior professional baseball team. He then bought half of the Class AAA Tucson Toros baseball team. Over the years, he tried unsuccessfully to buy a National Hockey League (NHL) hockey franchise in 1990, the Miami Dolphins in 1994, and the Miami Heat in 1998.

Do similarities exist between baseball and trading? Henry says being patient and looking to hit home runs pays much better than looking for singles.

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