• Chris Carpenter – Perhaps seeking to capitalize on the baseball player’s fame, a winemaker named Chris Carpenter makes a wine called “Cardinale.” The actual Chris Carpenter has the world’s most boring quotations page.
• Jaime Garcia – also the name of a cigar maker, who is probably not trying to capitalize on the baseball player’s fame.
• Edwin Jackson – Was born in Germany. His memories appear to be limited to: “The rich food. The snow. And a lot of castles.”
• Kyle Lohse – Once took a bat to then-manager Ron Gardenhire’s office door, leading to the headline: “Lohse’s future in doubt after damaging door, self”.
• Jake Westbrook – Shares a love of horizontal stripes with his family.
• Yadier Molina – According to my trusted sources, “The tattoos on Yadier Molina’s neck are personal to him and he doesn’t talk about them to the media.”
• Albert Pujols – Recorded a perfect score on his citizenship test.
• Nick Punto – has shown interest in doing ads for herpes medication.
• David Freese – Keeps a Batman mask in his locker for good luck.
• Rafael Furcal – Finally came clean about his real age, which turned out to be older than previously believed—while being charged with underage drinking.
• Matt Holliday – This year had to have both his appendix and a moth removed from his person.
• Jon Jay – Is the best baseball bat swordfighter in the MLB.
• Lance Berkman – Once said of his nickname-sake, Fat Elvis “I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.”

Previously: 11 Fun Facts About the Rangers

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