Matt Sosnick is a former

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-based

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. He attended Burlingame High School and the

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. His business partners are Paul Cobbe and Adam Karon. Their client list includes, or included at one time,

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All-Star and 2003 Rookie of the Year

Dontrelle Willis Dontrelle Wayne Willis (born January 12, 1982), nicknamed "the D-Train", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he played in Major League Baseball for the Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamo ...

; All-Stars Josh Johnson,

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, and Matt Moore;

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;

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; Freddy Sanchez; Josh Willingham; and

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. His close relationship with star pitcher

helped his agency grow, as did being the subject of

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's book ''License to Deal''. At an earlier point in his career, Willis got Sosnick's company logo tattooed onto his pitching arm as a sign of his loyalty to Sosnick Cobbe Sports. In January 2013, Sosnick was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame along with NBA coaches

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and Larry Brown and sportswriter Art Spander.

References

External links

Sosnick Cobbe & Karon website

Interview with Matt Sosnick

Golden Sombrero interview with Matt Sosnick
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