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"FacebookPinterest\n\n We root for the home team, we buy our favorite players' jerseys, and we die with every pitch. But how well do we really know our hardball heroes? During the off-season, we saw the arrests of Cleveland Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona a.k.a. Roberto Hernandez Heredia and Florida Marlins closer Leo Nunez a.k.a. Juan Carlos Oviedo on charges of falsifying their identities (and, honestly, if you'd thought up the name \"Fausto Carmona\" you'd probably change your name, too). Athletes\u2014typically foreign-born\u2014do this for one reason: money. The younger you seem, the larger and longer the contract you may receive. But a payday isn't the only reason a player changes his name, as this GQ special* report reveals.\n\n\n\n Albert Pujols, 32/Jos\u00E9 Canseco, 47\n\n With few (dignified) post-scandal job prospects, the former MVP shaves his head, borrows McGwire's goatee, and returns to the game clean, reconnecting with his good-luck talisman: a wig-wearing tranny named Tony La Russa.\n\n Bartolo Col&amp;amp;#xF3;n, 38/Hiram Mandelbaum, 40 \n\n The former ace entered witness protection in the '90s, after diming out his dad, the Dominican Republic's only Hasidic proctologist, for running a side game in unregulated hemorrhoid cream. Still thinks Kevin Youkilis is bad for the Jews.\n\n Doug Fister, 28/Doug Holderhand, 31\n\n At least he's honest.\n\n Buster Posey, 24/Buster Olney, 48\n\n An amazing multi-tasker unafraid of apparent conflicts of interest.\n\n David Freese, 28/Jim Leyritz, Jr., 28\n\n The World Series hero wanted to disassociate himself from his father, the former major-league catcher, not because he was shamed by Dad's recent drunken driving conviction but instead by his bizarre batting stance.\n\n Kila Ka'aihue, 27/Kawika Lolo-Ackerman, 30 \n\n Hates hyphens. Loves apostrophes. End of story.\n\n R.A. Dickey, 37/I.M. Cock, 42 \n\n Tired of the humiliation, the knuckleballer opted for a name he could finally be proud of.\n\n Yadier Molina, 29/Jess Sparkles, 30 \n\n As an only child in Puerto Rico, the four-time Gold Glover had one dream: Become eyebrow stylist to the island's biggest stars. Alas, that dream was dashed when Ricky Martin, upon viewing the kid's \"browfolio,\" told him to live La Vida Go Fuck Yourself. Thankfully he found a way to achieve the next best thing, something else he always wanted: siblings.\n\n A-Rod, 36/Alex Rodriguez, 36\n\n Talented phenom signs most bloated contract in MLB history, becomes game's most bloated douchebag.\n\n\n\n * And totally fabricated."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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