Geoff Jenkins still looks like Brett Favre

Geoff Jenkins is playing for the Philadelphia Phillies these days, but he's still getting mileage out of his resemblance to Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

You can't blame the Phillies' beat writers, though. The story is new to them. The Burlington County (N.J.) Times shares this Jenkins-as-Favre story:

"Geoff Jenkins was approached by an autograph seeker, then handed a photo to sign. The photo wasn't of Jenkins, but Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

"Then a rookie outfielder with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1998, Jenkins figured he might as well play along. Instead of telling the fan who he really was, Jenkins scribbled Favre's name down on the picture and the man went away happy."

That rascal.

(If you want proof, Jenkins admits as much during a 1998 appearance with Favre in this YouTube clip from the archives of Milwaukee's WISN-TV. See how young he and Favre look.)

It's all new to Phillies slugger Ryan Howard, too.

“Trim his goatee, get him a little scruff and Favre is Jenkins' twin,” Howard said last week before a spring training workout in Clearwater, Fla.
-- Jeff Ash, jash@greenbaypressgazette.com