Real or Fake #16


(1) Read the story. (2) Tell the story in your own words. (3) Ask the questions.
Brady Feigl is a 6’4” minor league baseball player with red hair, a red beard and black rimmed glasses.

Brady Feigl is also a 6’4” minor league baseball player with red hair, a red beard and black rimmed glasses.

These two doppelgängers seem largely identical except that one of them is a pitcher for the Long Island Ducks while the other is a pitcher for the Las Vegas Aviators. Also, Brady Feigl is 5 years younger than Brady Feigl.

They were first mistaken for one another when they both had the exact same elbow surgery performed by the same doctor.

Despite all the similarities, the pair were not separated at birth – a DNA test showed no biological connection.

Vocabulary
doppelgänger = someone who looks extremely similar to another person
Comprehension Questions
  1. How many similarities can you name?
  2. What are two differences?
  3. What was the result of the DNA test?
Discussion Questions
  1. Would you like to meet your doppelgänger? Why or why not?
  2. Have you ever been told that you look like someone famous?
  3. Which actor would you want to play you in a movie about your life?
  4. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you like baseball?