![]() He bought it, but I didn't have to go too far into detail because once I said I was a small-time amateur, he didn't really care. Nothing big, just kind of a small-name guy. A couple of days later, somebody asked me what I do for a living. Realmuto, Philadelphia Phillies: The latest one I used was after I got a scratch on my nose sliding into home plate. Nobody really cares about a shoe salesman, so the conversation doesn't last long. Usually if I use that story, I'm on vacation or somewhere I don't want to be known. I wouldn't pick a profession that I don't know anything about. ![]() Khris Davis, Oakland A's: I tell them I work at Foot Locker. "There can't be that much to know about manufacturing football pylons, right?" It has been on ESPN before, so I'm guessing that's professional. ![]() She didn't believe there was professional cornhole, but we convinced her there was. That was pretty strange because there were about 60 of us walking in, and only two people can play cornhole at a time. Once, we went to the hotel in Pittsburgh, and we all had our jumpsuits on, and he said we were a professional cornhole team. We would just let him take off with it and see what happens. We were in business selling air conditioners. Patrick Corbin, Washington Nationals: When I was with the Diamondbacks, a good one was an air-conditioning company called Air-izona. They don't think of the fact that there's no way a blimp ever gets folded. People always assume that someone's telling the truth, especially when they first meet you and ask what you do. Usually a couple of hours, but I try to get it done pretty quick. Sometimes we'll have football games, and you have to type in "Go Patriots" or "There's free Bud Light after the game," and then we land, and we deflate the blimp, and I start folding. I just fly around with the pilot and make sure to type in the right things. Kevin Gausman, Atlanta Braves: I'm a blimp folder. In the spirit of true journalism (and nosiness), we canvassed MLB clubhouses to find some of the game's go-to counterfeit careers. As much as Americans love talking about work, the guys who play the American pastime for a living would rather not talk about it. ![]() But bogus jobs? Yep, that's a thing, too. To protect their privacy, pro athletes have long been known to use bogus names when checking into hotels. ![]()
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