Mike Trout (and friend Jim Cantore) were very excited about the recent snow storm
Trout's unusual obsession is far from news. Tweets from him about the weather are not uncommon, he's the unofficial Angel Stadium weatherman, he owns his own weather balloon and he once even appeared on The Weather Channel to provide on-the-ground storm updates in New Jersey.
On Friday, TWC's Jim Cantore was on Hot Stove for a Trout retrospective. The professional meteorologist was effusive in his praise for the baseball player. "He was on the storm," Cantore said of Trout. While he wasn't himself ready to commit to the severity of the storm, Trout continuously insisted it was going to be a big deal, Cantore said.
Lo and behold, Cape May -- just miles from Trout's home of Millville -- got 17-19 inches according to Cantore, in what turned out to be, in meteorological jargon, a "double bomb plus" that hit the Northeast. Trout isn't just into the weather; he knows the weather.
Before the storm hit, Cantore was on MLB Network Radio Wednesday and talked about Trout's surprising hobby.
.@MikeTrout's weather knowledge even impresses one of the best meteorologists out there, @JimCantore. #Angels pic.twitter.com/olFdynUr6C
— MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) January 3, 2018
This tweet caught the eyes of Trout's wife, Jessica, who responded by noting that he was keeping a close eye on the most recent storm to hit the Northeast. He has been quick to provide constant updates, much to her chagrin:
He¡¯s about one weather map photo short of me muting his text message alerts... ???¡â?? #theobsessionisreal
— Jessica Tara Trout (@JessTara) January 3, 2018
So, how did Trout respond?
— Mike Trout (@MikeTrout) January 4, 2018
Guilty as charged. We can only imagine how happy Trout was last month to get a little bit of snow at his wedding. Hopefully, he didn't bother his then-fianceé with updates just before the ceremony, too.
We'll take that as a "maybe."
