Ballplayers on Mythical Beasts: Apparently a Thing

We’ve already laid eyes upon the wonder that was Matt Murton upon a mythical steed, and — as we see above — now the Twins’ Matt Tolbert has joined the fantasy beast-of-burden party.

Questions abound … Is this a Midwest thing? A “guy named Matt” thing? Why do some ballplayers have such a hardwired yearning to ride unicorns/pegasi? After all, these are photos, so we now know that, a, such beasts exist; b, Matts Murton and Tolbert ride them and; c, both seem to favor the dressage style.

Distinctions? While Mr. Murton seems bound by the strictures of gravity, Mr. Tolbert thinks nothing of thundering across the firmament in defiance of all we think we know about science-y science. Sure, you might point out that Mr. Tolbert is atop a winged creature and thus better able to fly. Poppycock! I prefer to think it’s because Mr. Tolbert’s secret nickname is “Mythical Beast Whisperer Jesus” and that everything flows from there.

I can’t say whether Matt Tolbert’s prevailing goal in this life is to be photographed atop and in manly, sinewy command of every varmint found in the Monster Manual, but I can say it should be.

(Curtsy: Pretty darn sure this image originally appeared at That’s Twins Baseball.)