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Souza's addition of 'Jr.' a tribute to father

ST. PETERSBURG -- For the first 23 years of Steven Souza Jr.'s life and the first five years of his professional career, he was known only as Steven Souza. Adding the "Jr." was something he always wanted to do. It was something he thought about often. But it was also something he continuously put off to a later date.

Souza Jr. isn't like many players who end their name with the two-letter suffix. There are guys like Ken Griffey Jr., Tony Gwynn Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., and several more. Those players, though, are the "Juniors" to other well-known fathers in Major League Baseball.