Chris Demetral, 34, of Troy, Mich., a financial planner for Edward Jones, says clients have been pleasantly surprised to find out he'll be playing baseball in the Olympics. Demetral, a Greek-American with dual citizenship - will be playing for Greece.
"My clients are very supportive. They look at me a little differently now. I don't think a lot of them knew," says Demetral, who played in the minor leagues for 11 years. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and played for the Texas Rangers. "I get e-mails from people I've never even met. They'll say, 'Good luck.' It's great."
Demetral, father of Andre, 3, and Nick, 19 months, joined Edward Jones in 2002. The company has given him a portable workstation so he can keep up while on the road, and it is sending a representative to handle his work while he's in Athens.
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