While I was talking to d’Arnaud’s granddad on Saturday he asked me why didn’t we ask for a pic or an autograph from Travis. I responded with, you guys were having a family moment and we didn’t want to be those fans who annoyed a player when he was with his family. Granddad d’Arnaud said Travis would have signed and taken pics without a second thought because of something that happened when he was a kid.
Granddad d’Arnaud said when Travis and his brother Chase were kids he took them to a game up in Seattle and had good seats. Ken Griffey Jr and Alex Rodriguez were leaning on the wall near them. Travis and Chase kept asking them to sign one ball each for them. Griffey and Arod blew them off. They d’Arnaud boys were very upset. One of the Mariners other players(I forget who it was. I apologize for that) saw what went down and went into the dugout. He came back out about two mins later with two baseballs signed buy him which he gave to Travis and Chase. He made the kids go from being sad because they were blown off to ecstatic that they got a MLB player to sign balls for them. Granddad d’Arnaud told both boys that if/when you become a MLB player remember how you felt when you got snubbed and to always treat fans the proper way. Especially kids. Don’t ignore the fans or blow them off.
I think that was a pretty cool story. I personally still wouldn’t bother a player during private time with a family member. But it’s nice to know that d’Arnaud would try to do the right thing for the fans.
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