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Fast Facts
- Date of Birth: February 12, 1976
- Time Together: The two met and began dating in 1997 while Kris was pitching in the minors and the two were married in 1999. Anna has a daughter named Alyssa from a previous marriage and the two have two children together, daughter Haylee and son P.J.
- Fast Facts: Anna is a woman of strong opinions and strong convictions. She has openly stated that she hates PETA, gun control organizations, and Michael Moore. Her hatred for Michael Moore runs so deep that she at one time publicly posted an open letter to him on her website.
Anna has worked with multiple charitable organizations including the Salvation Army and American Red Cross. In addition, her work with their foundation, "Benson's Batallion" has raised over a half million dollars for police forces in the city in which Kris pitches. - Fun Facts: Anna is no stranger to controversy.
- She once accused Mets GM Omar Minaya of putting together an All Latino Team.
- Benson has posed for both FHM and Playboy, in the process officially overshadowing virtually her husband's entire playing career.
- She entered the 2005 World Series of Poker tournament under the name "Gold Digger."
- In 2006, she filed for divorce from Kris, but retracted the filing just a couple days later. - Quote: And our favorite controversy ever: Appearing on the Howard Stern show, Anna fired off this all time classic line:
“I told him [Kris] -- because that's the biggest thing in athletics, they cheat all the time -- I told him, cheat on me all you want. If you get caught, I'm going to screw everybody on your entire team -- coaches, trainers, players. I would do everybody on his whole team.”
