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Awesome night card, pt. 221: name's the same

More research. Yesterday, I experienced one of those moments of synchronicity that are probably all too common for baseball card collectors. I know they are for me. While shuffling through some cards while the game played on TV in the background, I came across this night card of former Diamondback/current Met Chris Young just as the name "Chris Young" was uttered by the TV broadcaster. But the TV game wasn't the Mets, it was the Mariners and Tigers. And the Chris Young mentioned wasn't the hitter, but the veteran pitcher, who started for Seattle. That caused me to wonder how many card groupings I have of two different players with the same name. Not including father and son, of course (sorry, Sandy Alomar and Sandy Alomar Jr.) I immediately went to my incomplete card database to find out: 1. Mike Adams (Twins outfielder from '70s and recent Phillies reliever) 2. Frank Baker (Indians outfielder in '70s and Yankees/Orioles infielder of '70s) ...