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The Kansas City sports scene has two players from Brazil who work only a few hundred yards from each other. There's Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos and Royals outfielder Paulo Orlando and they met on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium.
That's more like it. #Royals #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/2sn3KN0r1c
— BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) May 20, 2015
Right now @op rlando52 giving the @Royals tour to @KCChiefs kicker @cairosantos19 @41ActionNews #ForeverRoyal pic.twitter.com/xOokV1zudL
— Dee Jackson (@deejackson41) May 20, 2015
Right now @op rlando52 giving the @Royals tour to @KCChiefs kicker @cairosantos19 @41ActionNews #ForeverRoyal pic.twitter.com/xOokV1zudL
— Dee Jackson (@deejackson41) May 20, 2015
Both players obviously have great stories since they came from Brazil to play in the big leagues. Santos is the first Brazilian-born NFL player to appear in a regular season game while Orlando, who spent nearly a decade in the minor leagues before this year, is the third Brazilian born baseball player.
BJ Kissel of KCChiefs.com has a story on the meeting here with quotes as does the KC Star.