The Daejon Love saga has officially reached the point where professional athletes are saying, “Wait, someone did WHAT?”
As allegations continue to swirl around Love, who has been accused of impersonating a 49ers wide receiver and allegedly scamming at least 26 women out of $1.3 million, former Oakland A’s outfielder Eric Byrnes shared a wild story of his own.
Byrnes discussed the story on his podcast, “Deuces Wild,” while talking about a former bat boy who allegedly decided that being himself was not enough but apparently tried being Eric Byrnes instead.
According to Byrnes, the former bat boy impersonated him around the Bay Area. And this was not just some harmless joke involving a fake autograph or a goofy phone call.
The impersonation allegedly helped the bat boy receive sexual favors from women who believed they were dealing with Byrnes.
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Eric Byrnes then tells a story about when he played for the A’s, their bat boy was seen by a couple of women on Interstate 880 who thought he was Eric Byrnes. The bat boy said was, told them to pull over… pic.twitter.com/zQA80sEXWV
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Imagine being a bat boy one day and deciding your career path should suddenly include pretending to be a professional baseball player.
“He was leaving one night in his mom’s Escalade or something, and there was two chicks that pulled up beside him, and he had his A’s hat on,” Byrnes told his cohost, former Giants first baseman Will Clark. “The girls are like, ‘Eric Byrnes! Eric Byrnes!’ and he’s like, ‘Yeah, what’s up?’ “
Byrnes said the bat boy impersonating him was talking with the girls while driving down the freeway until he told them to pull over — resulting in one of the female passengers entering his car.
“He ends up getting his knob polished. I’m not kidding,” Byrnes said. “The whole time, this chick thinks it’s f–king me.”
Byrnes said the next day when he came into the clubhouse, the bat boy told A’s equipment manager Steve Vucinich the story, which led to him confessing to the Oakland outfielder.
“He told me, and I’m like, ‘Bro, no!’ What the f–k, you can’t do that,” Byrnes said. “And sure enough, we made an agreement: nice work, congratulations, don’t ever f–king do it again.”
Byrnes’ revelation adds another bizarre chapter to an already unbelievable conversation about athlete impersonation.
The lesson? Maybe verify who you are talking to before handing over your money, your trust, or anything else, because sometimes the guy claiming to be the star athlete is actually just the guy who used to carry the bats.
