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Originally Posted by Westheim
Proof or it didn't happen.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...tes/111166614/
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/sto...fame-100-2018#
No MLB and no NHL
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Originally Posted by wallewalls
yeah, some say that derek jeter is still the most famous baseball player. baseball is regional though, so its not crazy that most people outside of the players' city might not know who they are. i think aaron judge and bryce harper are both more famous than trout. trout doesnt seem to like the spotlight, so its a bit intentional on his part
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Its funny Trout loves the Spotlight in Philly. Always at Eagles game, with the players, at Sixers games, again hanging with the players. Its just in LA he has ZERO personality.
He is the Tim Duncan of the MLB. Duncan probably top power forward ever and an easy top 10 player of all time. But no one ever mentions him. 2 MVPs and 5 championships and still no talk of him when he player or now post career. Because his name was never in the media.
Meanwhile Michael Jordan had this absolutely fake personality but brilliant PR campaign and became the biggest name in sports ever. I mean Jordan bet Pipen every single game on like who would win the jumbo tron big screen race of sausages or whatever they showed in chicago. It was pretty big money. Jordan cheated. He knew who was going to win prior to the game. This went on their entire career. Like how did Pippen just lose to Jordan 500+ times and never suspected. But that is how much of a crumb he was. Or that he didn't like Isiah and got him booted from Olympics. Or the countless golf stories that Barkley talks about if Jordan would lose in golf and then promptly lose his mind.
But brillant PR. Made himeself bigger than sports but also increased the NBA's profile. MLB absolutely needs to take advantage of that. They need to encourage their players to have some kind of personality.