As the above video proudly displays, Geoff Jenkins of the Philadelphia Phillies -- well at the time this was filmed he was a rookie in '98 with the Brewers -- looks a lot like newly retired Mr. Brett Favre. (To be honest, I'm not seeing it all that much. There is some resemblance, but it's not like I'm OMG!!-ing over here.)
In any event, Big League Stew was on hand to grab some of Jenkins' comments today about the resemblance and it looks like it's worked out in Jenkins favor more often than not:
It's certainly understandable, though, why the retirement of Favre hits close to home. Since Jenkins arrived in Milwaukee in 1998, he's cleaned up on his resemblance to the most popular man in Wisconsin. A few times he even jokingly signed Favre's signature for confused fans.I've had a similar experience: people used to mistake me for one of those brothers on NBC's "Wings." That's not such a nice perk anymore, though.
"I've had lunch, dinner, different stuff bought for me and the check'll be paid for," Jenkins said. "Right from the go, they'd just drop a note on the table, because they didn't want to bother ('Brett'). It said, 'Great games last year' but I had just gotten there."
