Brandon Charles Berger (born February 21, 1975) is an American former

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who played for the Kansas City Royals from 2001 to 2004. Berger attended Beechwood High School in

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. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in high school, but went to college at

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. In 1995, he played collegiate summer baseball with the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, and signed on June 4, 1996. He played for the Royals for parts of four seasons between and . He also owns his own Baseball Training Center, called At The Yard.

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