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Ever since he was a kid, Isiah Kiner-Falefa has heard all about the cousin who was a Hall of Fame slugger for the Pittsburgh ...

The Hawaii native also has familial connections to late Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner, who spent eight of his 11 MLB seasons with ...

For Kiner-Falefa, it had felt like destiny had been pulling the Kiner family close to him throughout time. The veteran ...