SURPRISE, Ariz. - At the opening of the movie Step Brothers, which was become something of a guidebook for the friendship of Joey Gallo and Nomar Mazara, Will Ferrell, in a Pablo Cruise T-shirt, and John C. Riley, size each other up from afar before awkwardly introducing themselves across a lawn.
It was the exact same way for Gallo and Mazara -- except nobody that we know of demanded to be called "Dragon" -- in the summer of 2012 on their first day together in the Arizona Rookie League.
Gallo, 6-5, had arrived from Las Vegas with $2.