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Bronson Arroyo, American

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I’ve discovered that a lot of people who visit this site from Google do so to find out two things: stuff about Bronson Arroyo’s cornrows and stuff about Bronson Arroyo’s nationality. Sadly, I don’t know anything about the former (aren’t they hard to maintain? doesn’t the man sweat?), but I can help point out that Mr Arroyo was born in Key West, Florida and so is all American.

I’m glad I checked that out, because I discovered that I share the same birthday as Arroyo. Another reason to like the man. I know, Seinfeld once joked that the names of celebs that you share birthdays with is always random:

Now those astrology things where they tell you all the people that have the same birthday as you? It’s always an odd group of people too, isn’t it? It’s like Ed Asner, Elijah Muhammed and Secretariat.

And logically, I know that the accident of birth shouldn’t mean anything cosmic. But I like the coincidence. All-time team of players who share my birthday:

C: Earl Grace, Cubs-Pirates-Phillies (or old Sox catcher Del Wilber)

1B: Eddie Murray. Orioles-Dodgers-Mets-Indians-Angels

2B: Bubba Phillips, Tigers-White Sox-Indians

3B: Mike Lowell, Yankees-Marlins

SS: Honus Wagner, Pirates

LF: Nick Esasky (more a 1B, but I’m not moving Murray), Reds-Sox-Braves

CF: “Suitcase” Bob Seeds, Indians-White Sox-Sox-Yankees-Giants

RF: Fred Sington, Senators-Dodgers

SP: Wilbur Cooper, Pirates-Cubs-Detroit

SP: Bronson Arroyo, Pirates-Sox

That’s a great infield (Honus Wagner!), although with Bubba Phillips forced out of position from 3B, and a terrible outfield.