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He admits, “There was a time when I felt like I shouldn’t have gotten a second chance. But maybe that’s the point and I have to prove I can do better. Now I work hard for the sake of my rug rat.”

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Other parents react the same way, the result of which is a frenzied, fearful "rug rat race."

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They described it as the “rug rat race” for top colleges.

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Like you cry when you’re a rug rat.

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Turner is 32, so he wasn’t much more than a rug rat growing up in Long Beach, bred as a Dodger fan, on the night of Gibson’s homer.

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