Joel Zumaya became one of my favorite baseball players last season, and not just because of his 1,000MPH fastball. Nope, any pitcher that has to miss time during a season because he's spent too much time playing Guitar Hero on his PS2 is cool in my book.
With that in mind, comes this story from yesterday's Wrestlemania 23.
Detroit Tigers Curtis Granderson and Joel Zumaya were giddy when they got to their ringside seats at Sunday's WrestleMania 23 at Ford Field in downtown Detroit. "Pay for the pay-per-view," Zumaya yelled in his cell phone to his mother. "We're going to be on TV!"
Sure, they were amped about their last practice before Opening Day -- Granderson says it went extremely well -- but they were more juiced about how they'd be able to see the Undertaker, their favorite wrestler. "He's crazy like I am," Zumaya said of the Undertaker. "No, actually, I'm crazy like he is."
The guy is on television just about every other day, and last year the entire country saw him in the World Series, but he still calls his mom and makes her drop $60 so she can see him sitting at ringside of Wrestlemania. Awesome.
(Chest pound to Deadspin)
Previously at the Fanhouse:
Stop Asking Jim Leyland About Joel Zumaya
Joel Zumaya Wants To Slow Down
