A baseball prodigy was discovered by actor Adam Sandler and made it into one of his films. At just 4 years old, he got to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Dodgers game. Now, Hollywood’s making a film about him.

But all of the above is just to paint a picture of Christian Haupt. What many find particularly interesting about Christian is how he says he used to play for the Yankees—in another life.

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