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We are all this young fan catching a souvenir ball from Mike Trout

By Gemma Kaneko

What would you do if you got a souvenir from Mike Trout? Sure, we all think we'd be real cool about it, and just hold it up and say things like, "Oh this old thing? It's just a ball that Mike Trout­ gave me, no big deal."
But if we're being honest with ourselves, we all know we'd react more like Ryan Giardino, from Simi Valley, Calif., who caught a ball thrown to him by his favorite player before Saturday night's Blue Jays-Angels game:

Mike Trout brings out strong emotions in all of us. 

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