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Both the men looked at each other with nervous glances. They were waiting for the DNA results to come back. They looked exactly the same, but how did they also share the same name- Brady Feigl. They had never even met each other before. But when they finally got back their test results their pulses started to race. Did their parents have a secret that they weren't telling them?
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could you have a doppelganger Somewhere
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Out There considering that there are
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over 7 billion people in the world and a
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limited number of genes that make up
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facial features there is a pretty good
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chance perhaps the most bizarre example
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of this phenomenon is the case of two
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men both named Brady fail who had far
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more in common than just their name
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as the list of mind-boggling
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similarities continue to grow the pair
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decided that it was time to explore the
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true extent of their connection
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long before the two Brady Fields would
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experience their life-changing encounter
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it seemed as if both of their lives had
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become intertwined by Fate after all
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both of them pursued a career in minor
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league baseball clearly they were on a
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crash course with Destiny it wasn't
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until 2019 that the two ball players
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found out about each other while one of
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the breeze a two eight-year-old
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left-handed relief pitcher played in the
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Texas Rangers system
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the other two three-year-old Brady found
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himself in the Oakland Athletic system
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as a right-handed starting pitcher but
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their share profession was the least of
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their spooky similarities it was nearly
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impossible to tell the two ball players
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apart just by their physical appearances
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to start off both men had the same
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Ginger hair neatly trimmed red beards
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and thick athletic sunglasses but it
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wasn't just their fashion sense that
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Bamboozled onlookers according to both
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Brady's neither one of them had
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previously met another person with a
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fetal surname who wasn't a relative
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years before the similarities between
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the two men surfaced however the Brady
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and the Texas Rangers system revealed
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that he had done some digging into his
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family history
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perhaps This research could shed light
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on why the Bradys were so interconnected
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years earlier the Brady from the Texas
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Rangers decided to visit Ellis Island in
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an effort to uncover his roots
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during his trip he discovered that his
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ancestors had arrived in America from
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Germany
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perhaps the two Brady's shared some
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common lineage that question would have
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to wait as the pair focused on a more
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specific and unfortunate bond between
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them because they were both pitchers the
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two Brady's had experienced a great
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amount of elbow strain as a result they
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both required the exact same surgery in
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order to overcome their injuries in a
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most chilling coincidence the two
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Brady's underwent Tommy John's surgery
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around the same time what's more they
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learned that their surgeries were
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performed by the exact same doctor in
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Cedar Rapids Iowa so how did the Bradys
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react to this news as word of the men's
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similarities continue to circulate it
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became increasingly clear that they
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needed to speak with one another in
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order to fully make sense of their
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parallel lives ultimately one of their
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girlfriends encouraged a meeting between
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the pair
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as she had been eager to get a glimpse
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of her man's doppelganger soon enough
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she would get her wish Inside Edition
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arranged a meeting between the baseball
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pitchers and Cedar Rapids as the two
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Brady's discussed their nearly identical
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odds it was natural for them to wonder
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if they were possibly being long-lost
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cousins or even siblings in order to
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determine the truth behind the question
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on everyone's mind the Met undertook a
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DNA test after each set of vial of
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saliva off to a testing facility the
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Brady's eagerly awaited the results that
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would unlock their ancestral roots soon
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enough the DNA results were ready
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as the two men peered down at the
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tablets in their hands they couldn't
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believe the results that awaited them on
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the screens for starters the data in
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front of them proved that the research
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that the one Brady had done about his
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German family Roots was correct
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would the others share this background
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as the second Brady announced that he
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himself was 53 German but one who had
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visited Ellis Island stopped right in
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his tracks the pair had the exact same
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percentage of German ancestry
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suddenly the two men laughed in
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bewilderment at this unbelievable link
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with the rest of the results follow suit
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in spite of their Germanic Roots there
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ultimately was no shared DNA detected
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between the baseball players meaning
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that they were not in fact related at
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all
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it seemed that the immense similarities
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between the men were nothing more than a
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coincidence
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but this Revelation didn't stop the
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media frenzy even after it was confirmed
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that the men were not long-lost family
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members people still clamored to see the
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DNA tests for themselves
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while they may not be relatives the two
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Brady's undoubtedly formed a strong
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connection thanks to their meetings
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we're still Brothers in a way the Texas
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Rangers player confirmed previously part
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of the Oakland Athletics
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the younger Brady signed a minor league
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contract with Las Vegas aviators and
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remained with his girlfriend according
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to his social media posts
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the older Brady after becoming a free
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agent had the honor of getting married
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to his sweetheart at the start of 2020
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while this doppelganger didn't seem to
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be in attendance the media of the two
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Brady's was surely a memory that both
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will cherish for years to come they're
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lucky as not every rookie story ends so
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neatly see over a decade ago a young man
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named Danny almond who was growing
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desperate the two one-year-old pitcher
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sat in silence each round of the MLB
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draft was slowly slipping past and his
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telephone wasn't ringing his mind raced
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what could have happened where had he
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gone wrong
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well Danny knew exactly when he had gone
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wrong August 2001 that was when one
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impossible secret robbed him of his
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promising future in those days Danny was
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known by a different name little unit
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this was a hat tip to the awe-inspiring
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Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Big Unit
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Johnson the moniker made sense Danny's
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repertoire feature the kind of stuff you
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only saw in the pros that included a
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slick slider and a 76 miles per hour
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fastball considering the little league
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pitching distance of 46 feet that's like
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an adult throwing a 10 2 miles per hour
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Major League pitch so if Danny didn't
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mess up he was clearly destined for
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greatness
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pitch after pitch strikeout after
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strikeout the dominican-born Bronx
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native had quickly become the next great
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little league phenom
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backed by his team nickname the baby
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bombers because of how close they played
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to Yankee Stadium Dany dominated the
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circuit on route to a Little League
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World Series LL doves birth Danny was
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hardly phased by the big stage though in
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front of a packed crowd he pulled off
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the first perfect game in the lmws in
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two two years and the team's next
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match-up against a promotion Side
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California seemed as if it would be just
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as one-sided but a 410 eight two pound
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11 year old beg to differ the boy's name
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was Matthew Cerna and when he lacked in
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size he made up for in good
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old-fashioned baseball IQ
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baseball analysts touted him as one of
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the best young prospects in decades
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several Major League clubs even began
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recruiting him he also became a HomeTown
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hero of sorts alongside his team Denny
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enjoyed free trips to see the Yankees
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and got the key to the city from mayor
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Rudy Giuliani Danny no doubt relished in
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his Newfound Fame but it wasn't to last
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and he never could have anticipated that
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the spotlight would uncover the one
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thing his father had kept hidden for a
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year the truth during Danny's Little
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League World Series run many people had
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been suspicious about Danny's presence
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and after the tournament ended two rival
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teams even hired private investigators
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to find out the truth about Danny's past
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but it wasn't until two Sports
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Illustrated reporters traveled to the
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pitchers Dominican birthplace that
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Danny's secret was revealed Danny's
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birth certificate had listed
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1989 as his birth year but he actually
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been born in 87 making him 14 at the
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time of the llws that meant that he was
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two years too old to have played in the
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competition
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the Scandal shipped the baseball world
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to its core
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but it was Danny who was completely
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innocent and unaware of any wrongdoing
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who paid the steepest price his father
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was sent back to the Dominican Republic
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and banned from Little League Danny then
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seemingly fell out of love with baseball
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to those watching Danny no longer had
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the resolve or motivation to play his
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pitching skills were not as sharp as
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before and his personal life fell under
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scrutiny too the 2006 draft didn't help
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matters once a sure thing draft choice
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Danny was passed over in the 2006 MLB
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draft
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he ultimately signed a play for the
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Southern Illinois Miners of the
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independent Frontier League in 2007 he
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posted a five two nine era in six games
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before being released his professional
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career lasted just 34 days but he didn't
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give up Danny managed to bounce back in
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a big way after joining the Western
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Oklahoma state junior college team
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giving up his slider to perfect his
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other pitches behind his arm and a red
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hot bat Danny LED his team to the Juco
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World Series his Big League Dreams were
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still Within Reach
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Kansas City Royals even expressed
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interest in taking him in the 2008 NLB
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draft yet on that fateful June day the
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phone never rang for two one-year-old
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Danny Elmont the same however couldn't
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be said for that other little league
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star from 2001. following his faithful
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alodomez appearance young Matthew
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certain trained rigorously to prove he
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was more than just another Danny Almont
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strikeout
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growing to five nine 165 pounds the
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youngin Fielder smashed Oceanside
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records to become one of the nation's
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most promising prospects and not long
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after a professional ball player while
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Danny's phone sat silent Matthew
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received a call from the Chicago Cubs
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who drafted him in the fourth round as a
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catcher for five years Matthew tore up
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the minor leagues but after missing a
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season due to injury and working through
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several position changes the two
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three-year-old decided to hang up his
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cleats for good
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Danny ultimately served as an assistant
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baseball coach at his old high school
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believe it or not the former Prodigy
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even said he's glad his secret got out
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and while he didn't make it as far as in
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athletics as he initially planned he
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probably knew that his reputation could
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have suffered much worse
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foreign
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