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The Kansas City Royals placed closer Joakim Soria on the 15-day disabled list and brought up pitcher Ryan Braun from Omaha to replace him on the roster.
Ryan Braun?
The Royals pitcher is Ryan Zachary Braun and he's a 26-year old. He's originally from Canada, but went to high school in Fresno and college at Wake Forest.
The Brewers third baseman is Ryan Joseph Braun and he's 23 and from Granada Hills and went to college at Miami.
The Ryan Brauns join the Tony Peñas (a Royals shortstop and a Diamondbacks pitcher) in their ability to confuse people. (And as Eric Enders points out I forgot the two Chris Youngs.)
And they might be the most unlikely pair of players with identical names (or at least people who go by the same name) since there were two Jeff D'Amicos in 2000. And that was also a Kansas City-Milwaukee pair.
Coincidence?
I think so.
Also, I don't believe any player named above is related to Steve Braun.
Granada Hills is where I grew up. It doesn't need any further identification. It's like Springfield.
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The catching Lopez retired after the Rockies released him.
The bad hitting one is still playing...
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