One of the biggest bummers of this MLB season is that the Los Angeles Dodgers and formerly-Oakland Athletics matched up in May when one of the men named Max Muncy wasn't in the major leagues.
But that doesn't stop the coincidences and overlap from being absolutely amazing.
For the uninitiated, the Dodgers employ a man named Max Muncy, and the Athletics employ a man named Max Muncy.
And they have a crazy amount of stuff in common.
Is Max Muncy related to Max Muncy?
About the only thing these two don't have in common is their blood.
Dodgers' Max Muncy isn't related to Athletics' Max Muncy.
That makes sense, at least with the logic that family members of the same generation probably wouldn't get the same name.
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What does Max Muncy have in common with Max Muncy?
There are two crazy pieces of overlap between the two MLB Max Muncys:
- They were both born on August 25 (12 years apart)
- They were both drafted by the Oakland Athletics
So the odds of having the same birthday, if all dates are created equal, are 1-in-365. The odds of being drafted by the same team are 1-in-30.
That's quite a long shot outcome.
What is Max Muncy's full name?
The Max Muncy who plays for the Dodgers is officially Maxwell Steven Muncy.
The Max Muncy who plays for the Athletics is Maxwell Price Muncy.
You've gotta love baseball.