Though Major League Baseball is going through the owners’ lockout, MLB players are still training hard for the upcoming season. And taking the benefits internet, most of the players post both; their on-field and off-field activities on their social media. When talking about social media, Alek Manoah of Toronto Blue Jays knows a thing or two about it.
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Whenever any sporting personality posts anything on social media, they receive feedback from their fans. And sometimes, they also receive some weird comments or get challenged by the fans. Recently, something similar happened with the Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah, and he went on to challenge a cocky baseball fan.
Alek Manoah challenges a fan for a bullpen showdown
Notably, with the lockout still in force in MLB, players cannot train and play at their respective organizations. But instead, they are preparing themselves for the upcoming season. However, recently when Alek Manoah posted a short video of him exercising his pitching at the bullpen, a cocky fan challenged him and said he will take the Blue Jays star 450 dead center.
im taking you 450 dead center with all due respect
— eli lambo (@elilamb04) February 23, 2022
Reacting to this, Manoah couldn’t resist himself but invited the fan to face him in the live At Bat; said, let’s see what are you made of. The Blue Jays pitcher even said that he will pay for his flight tickets.
“I’ll pay for your flight to Miami to face him in our live AB’s tomorrow, let’s see what your made of…. With all due respect,” replied Alek Manoah.
I’ll pay for your flight to Miami to face him in our live AB’s tomorrow, let’s see what your made of…. With all due respect 😎 https://t.co/RyIhnCRjKI
— MANOAH (@Alek_Manoah6) February 24, 2022
Irrespective of win or loss. When a world-class baseball pitcher is inviting for a bullpen challenge, who wouldn’t want to face him. As expected, the baseball fan accepted the challenge of Manoah and said, “let’s do it”.
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let’s do it Alek
— eli lambo (@elilamb04) February 24, 2022
Notably, that crazy baseball not only he will get to play live At-Bat against a top MLB player, but in short, he will go on a free vacation to Miami and might get to meet some other baseball stars too.
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Alek Manoah has been playing in Major League Baseball since the last season. He made his MLB debut with the Toronto Blue Jays. Just like on social media, the Blue Jays fans will be hoping for him to perform the same in the next season.