The first entry in this week’s San Francisco Giants’ Q-and-A is long established: Logan Webb looks like Jesse Plemons. But there’s a twist: Webb’s not the only one! There is a subset of baseball that looks like the Oscar-nominated actor.
There are others, too, who have a Hollywood doppelganger or a baseball-lookalike. And the Chronicle will weigh in with our own, since no one said them during our clubhouse canvassing: Harrison Bader has some young Woody Harrelson to him, while JT Brubaker looks enough like former Giants third baseman J.D. Davis that people have done double-takes.
One for readers to figure out: Landen Roupp says no one’s ever told him he looks like anyone. Any candidates?
This week’s question: Which celebrity do people think you look like?
Starter Logan Webb: It’s always Jesse Plemons, I’ve seen all the movies that he’s been in and ‘Friday Night Lights’ — Landry! — he’s a great actor. I used to get bothered by it, but now I’m not — I just hear it all the time. But there are some other guys, too: Andrew Abbott with the Reds, DJ Herz with the Nationals, Pete Crow-Armstrong, there are a few of us. Last year at the All-Star Game, there was a whole group.
Casey Schmitt swears that he (Schmitt) looks like Bradley Cooper, but I don’t know about that.
Reliever Ryan Borucki: Jeremy Allen White is my No. 1 — everyone always says, ‘You look exactly like that guy from The Bear.’ I think it’s just the blonde hair, blue eyes and bigger nose. I know he’s a lot shorter than I am but he’s a Chicago guy, just like me. And I also get the chef from Ratatouille — so both chefs.
Outfielder Jared Oliva: The most common one I get is Christian Bale, from ‘Batman,’ in coffee shops all over the country. It would be an easy Halloween costume, but getting in the Batman suit might be difficult.
Christian Koss says I look like Cristiano Ronaldo, I’ll take that as a compliment, he’s a handsome fellow.
Infielder Christian Koss: During the high school era, I got Justin Bieber a lot. And Jared Oliva does look like Ronaldo; I asked him if he’s Portuguese, He’s got that same jaw line.
Third-base coach Hector Borg: My little sister Michelle always said I look like Albert Pujols, and he and I are very close — he’s like my padrino in baseball. He just hired me to be the manager for Estrellas Orientales in the Dominican Winter League, and he wanted me to be on the Dominican Republic’s WBC coaching staff, but I’d just taken this (Giants) position. I used to throw him batting practice in my hometown of La Romana, so I’ve known him for a very long time but our relationship is even stronger now.
Catcher Daniel Susac: Growing up, like in high school, I would get (country singer) Scotty McCreery. Here, sometimes fans getting autographs ask me for Tyler Mahle’s autograph — I didn’t do it, but now he’s given me permission; he said, ‘Next time someone confuses us, just do it.’ I’ll just write ‘Tyler.’