You, too, are a douche.
Maybe just douches think Jose's a douche.
QuiteFT, however, meet me in person and you'll see I'm not AS MUCH AS an ass.
Little story about Jose. Went up to spring training this year early to get a helmet signed by a really well known player. I got there pretty early, obviously on my day off since I live in Homestead and just shot the breeze with the 4 other people there. One was visiting on vacation from Michigan, the other three were a father and two son group that decided to have a family day, I believe it was teachers planning day or something.
Everyone stopped, Eovaldi, Stanton, Alvarez. In comes Jose with his white Audi/Acura/Honda with the JDF License plate.Real loud ricer of a car.
Walking, he simply says "I got work to do, maybe you guys should go to work too." I laughed, it was obvious these people had never been there before.
Later on, back on the backfields players are stopping and signing. I got quite a few on a team baseball and each time they asked if I wanted one while the kids around went first.
Jose walks from one field to another passing all the other players and after each request it was " Should you be in school?", "Why aren't you working", "Wheres your parents", "I can't right now, I gotta go to the other field". Each one said possibly twice.
During this time, I'm actually talking to Colin Moran. Not a "Hey, Can I get an auto" conversation. Just a shoot the shit one. Jose was really busy though. He got to that second back field and just sat on the bench.
Later on, he ran some drills and was walking back to the clubhouse. One kid asked for his autograph, while I was walking his direction since my car was on the opposite side near the entrance. The kid Maybe 7 or 8 years old, all alone, asks jose for an autograph. Jose says he can't, he's got to go to work. Then jose tells him flat out - "Stay in school".
As jose's approaching me, and I'm walking past him he looks up getting ready to say something along the lines of "No". Without stopping, or making eye contact, I just said "Good Luck" and kept walking.
Apparently, everyone who was watching thought I told him to fuck off- because he looked back shocked I didn't ask.
Later on, I saw him with a few cameras in his face.... ofcouse a few kids were close by and he happily signed for them.
Long story I know, but put it this way- Stanton is a much nicer person. And I swear, if you ask him to sign something genuinely interesting, he'll remember you and actually want to talk about it. It's happened a few times.
Jose? He couldn't be bothered.