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Padres scout Stephen Moritz hoped A.J. Brown would choose baseball after being drafted in 2016, but instead the Eagles receiver is playing in the Super Bowl — vs. Moritz’s Chiefs.

When Mike Hampton shagged fly balls with a young Patrick Mahomes at Shea Stadium as a teammate of his dad, he envisioned him becoming a shortstop or an outfielder instead of an all-time great quarterback.

With Saquon Barkley and Cooper DeJean of the Eagles playing in the Super Bowl on their birthday today, it made us wonder how many players have celebrated their birthday with a World Series title.

Russell Wilson and John Elway are on the short list of players to appear in a Super Bowl who also spent time down on the farm as a Minor Leaguer.

When Emmett Ashford learned that Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers, he said to himself that he would be the first Black umpire. He was right.

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