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MLB's Jake and Ashlyn Burger Open Up About Raising Baby with Down Syndrome — and Why They Feel Like the 'Chosen Ones' (Exclusive)

MLB's Jake and Ashlyn Burger reveal why they've shared their baby daughter Penelope's Down syndrome diagnosis, calling themselves the "chosen ones." The couple is also parents to son Brooks, 2.

When Jake and Ashlyn Burger learned that their daughter was going to be born with Down syndrome, there was no hesitation about embracing her wholeheartedly. And so I think it's really, it was no coincidence that God chose us to be that representative, and they gave us the platform of Jake's ability to play baseball for it." Their older son Brooks, 2, loves his little sister and has already started acting like her protector — even when it's just Jake and Ashlyn.

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