And why did you always give them the short haircut? You should have let one of them have long hair just so you can tell them apart. Come on, virtually the same names, first off. “I think they’re doing it on purpose now,’’ Jackson says. I still don’t know which one is Tyler and which one is Taylor, even though I know one is a lefty and one is a righty. “What’s really more messed up is that they wear the same haircut, and the names are so close, Tyler, Taylor, come on. “I’m trying to get one of them to grow a mustache right now, so I can really tell them apart,’’ Jackson says. Giants reliever Luke Jackson says he hopes he can figure it out one day, but now just calls them, “Lefty Rog and right Rog.’’ “But these guys, they’re about as close as you can get, the way they look. “There are some identical twins that right off the bat, you can tell the difference,’’ Giants veteran starter Alex Wood says. The only discernible difference is that Taylor is an All-Star left-handed closer and Tyler is a right-handed submarine setup reliever. But if one’s in the weight room, and the other’s in the kitchen, I have no clue.’’ “I think I can tell them apart now because Tyler I think has a little bit of a longer neck, and somehow that’s what I can cue on. ![]() They’ve been together every minute since inception, so imagine how close they are. “They’re together all of the time,’’ Giants pitcher Ross Stripling says. ![]() It’s as if the Rogers brothers are deliberately sticking even closer together, whether dressing, eating, and playing catch, or having the same close-cut haircuts, just to confuse the daylights out of their teammates. UNDERDOG DODGERS? LA in uncharted territory after quiet winter 'THE SCRIPT IS READY:' Padres no longer the Dodgers' 'little brother' in NL West You’d think they’d have enough of each other.’’ Says Giants ace Logan Webb: “They don’t leave each other’s hip. “They’ll both laugh so hard at their same jokes at the same time.’’ “It’s funny, it’s like that every single day,’’ Giants pitcher Anthony DeSclafani says. The two then started laughing hysterically at one another’s humor. Taylor: “Sorry Rob, I’m cancelling my subscription.’’ Tyler: “Wow, I don’t even need to get MLB-TV anymore.’’ “I know I’ll be spending a lot less time on the MLB app this year,’’ Taylor Rogers says, “not having to watch Tyler’s games. Instead of watching one another’s games on TV, they’ll now be able to sit next to one another in the bullpen, with the best view in the house. Now, playing together, it not only saves their parents airfare traveling from Littleton, Colorado, to see both sons at once, but the Rogers boys can save $139.99 apiece. “We’re as identical,’’ Tyler says, “as it gets.’’ They not only can share the same food preferences, play the same music, watch the same comedy, have the same hairstyle, but also can scrutinize each other’s pitching mechanics the same. The Rogers brothers, 32, just the fourth set of twins to play on the same major-league team, and the first since Jose and Ozzie Canseco in 1990, already are finding the advantages of being in spring training together. Hey, when your twin brother, Tyler, just so happens to be your teammate, too, you’re granted certain privileges. ![]() He didn’t even bother seeing if they fit, or look at the size difference, before quickly sliding into them. –Taylor Rogers walked into the San Francisco Giants clubhouse Monday morning, couldn’t find his uniform pants, so he stepped to his right, reached into the locker next to him, and immediately stole a pair.
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