MLB Players Making Up Fake Jobs

[@jeremyalm9006]

I am a math professor, and we have a similar thing where we hate the question, "What do you do?" About 80% of ppl take the answer as an invitation to go on about how much they hated math in school. It gets really old. I've thought of making up a lie but never done it.

[@mms8393]

I love this video Matt. I have a job that puts me in the public eye and so I started making up fake jobs about three years ago. Now I don't feel so bad. My go to answer to that question is: "I'm a factory race car driver for Porsche". The looks I get and the comments I receive are very entertaining.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!! And I like that!

[@johndim11]

When I was in the minors, we said we worked for the city sanitation. Never a follow up question after that😂

[@jordankendall2705]

johndim11 oh what's that like?

[@joeschmoe9154]

@@jordankendall2705 I'm sure hes seen some shit..

[@johndim11]

jordan kendall it’s shitty

[@soonermagic24]

I hate sanitation workers. Crappy service

[@hithardbutfoul3027]

When your real job is better than your made up job, you doing all right lol

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

History professor.

[@jonmarquisvideos]

Your first suggestion was great, it's what special forces do to explain really in shape people appearing somewhere. Construction.

[@scottwidiculous]

Flag counter at Six Flags

[@jeremyalm9006]

F'in hilarious. I'm going to use that.

[@jeffreytoman5202]

I used to say that I was Hanes quality assurance inspector number 13.

[@VerissimusAurelius]

I flew private jets for very rich and famous people: Stephen King, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam Band), and many others but these guys sort of became "friends". I never talked about their music, books, NEVER acknowledged they were famous...just talked about whatever...and they really liked that. So I understand...and we were on the road constantly. My "made up" job was trash guy...and worked with my Mom,...on tues/thurs...I drove and she threw the cans on and then Mon/wed/Fri she drove...it always got a BIG LAUGH....folks never knew FOR SURE ..if I was joking.

[@AdvancedGroomers28]

Pilots typically do the same thing. If we say we flew in then they have to ask which airline and then we have to explain it’s corporate not an airline and a million other questions. I usually say I’m in town for business.

[@cagedtigersteve]

Well I don't play baseball....so next time I go to a restaurant I'm going to use baseball player as my fake job.

[@joeblow9657]

me too

[@andrewr7982]

Yep

[@frankspicci9994]

Lol

[@jasonkidd4066]

We do the same thing in my industry. I’m “involved in pressurized tubing” or “aluminum transport” or “high speed tubing”

[@45scienceproject]

LoL so you're a pilot?😅

[@jasonkidd4066]

@@45scienceproject try not to.

[@NovaScotiaNewfie]

Use the term my buddy used while working at the gas station.. "Petroleum transfer technician".

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

This is the equivalent of a girl giving out a fake name when she’s at a club or bar

[@RobKandell]

A lot of times you may be recognized, but people know to leave you alone. That’s simple respect. Public figures of any sort are still entitled to their private life. As a fake job, I’d try field meteorologist for CSIS. One, I can bullshit about the weather more than most people want to hear, and second how many Americans know what CSIS is? The fact that I’m American will probably not tip the, off.

[@vafyredawg]

I get a lot of questions if people find or I'm a paramedic. So I usually say I'm a professor of classical Greek and latin. I get no questions after that. LoL!

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!!

[@Nick-NY]

When Don Mattingly first met his current wife, he told her his name was Jim and he was an insurance salesman.

[@yourontheair]

you did great. thanks

[@ALSmith-zz4yy]

"I'm a blimp folder." Too funny.

[@Rsoroka2007]

Nice video

[@MessOfThings]

As a Lyft driver I totally understand the monotony of the same conversations.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha I bet!!!

[@atanlyons1]

that's hilarious. When I was in stationed in Japan, we use to tell people we were ball players trying to get a contract in Japan, so they didn't think we were military

[@80sFreak100]

It's a reciprocal effect as well in terms of being an employee of a business. I worked a fun summer job during college at Six Flags Over Georgia. One of the stipulations of the job was to refrain from identifying celebrities and talking to them if you recognized them. I would see a member of the Braves every so often, especially during off days. I remember seeing a few of the Yankees one day (David Wells amongst them) during the first year or so of Interleague Play. The most frustrating incident occurred during a day the Braves and their arriving opponents (Astros) had a mutual off day. It was a slow day in the park and no one was in the immediate area when a man wearing a Florida Marlins cap and pushing a child in a stroller came up to me to purchase something. I recognized him instantly. But, abiding by the rules of the park, I held back and only asked him "You're wearing the wrong cap, aren't you?". He laughed a little as he knew I recognized him. It was Craig Biggio.

[@ExposClassics94]

I’d tell them I was a soccer player. Nobody would talk to me then

[@ChrisSheltonMusic]

Hahahaha! Exactly!

[@SerenityMiya2009]

I love your avatar.

[@TheGbelcher]

I used to say, “I sell life insurance, you want some?” No follow up questions, ever. Lol

[@hawlikd]

So you don't have pay huge tips at restaurants - if they think you are MLB Player!

[@beakt]

I can relate to this, in a way, especially when Matt says people always go, "How's baseball?" when they see a baseball player. When I was in the Army, we were flying home from Ft. Bragg on commercial air in uniform after a deployment. I'm sitting in my seat and this guy comes and sits next to me, eyeballs me and says, "Are you coming back from Iraq?" This was in 2004, when the war was really a hot topic. I told him I was, and he goes, "Wow! So, what was it like?" And he was ready with a bunch of questions, assuming I'd want to talk about it the entire flight home after being there for thirteen months. Thankfully, just then, the stewardess walked down the aisle, and pointed at me and two or three other soldiers in the section and said, "Gentlemen, we have first-class seats for you. Please come with me." I was like, "So long!" to the guy and made my escape!

[@ThunderPants13]

Cody Bellinger's Job: Rawhide Relocation Director

[@mondoseguendo6113]

And now all you do is talk about and answer questions about baseball on the internet 😉 Love your channel dude!

[@kylerakers2890]

Mondo Seguendo and he’s a coach

[@robertwoodard7553]

Do catchers call the pitches or does the manager send pitches to the catcher

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Catcher typically.

[@apxl8r1]

For someone who says they are tired of talking about baseball, you have a lot of videos talking a lot about baseball LOL

[@caniac1230]

nobody is ever going to talk about playing a sport unless you are the Ottawa Senators inside of an uber

[@madhouse2303]

I recognize your username from all of the hockey videos lol. Stay safe down there

[@caniac1230]

@@madhouse2303 im Canadian lol but i have family in the Carolinas so thanks lol

[@joegasparro2395]

That's the same with everyone who has a bit of a unique job. I'm a lawyer, I get the same thing, it's what you become known for, people are just trying to be nice and make conversation. Also, I used to work in restaurants....I hope you guys were breaking off nice tips with the 'mail money' coming in with parties of 10 and separate checks every damn night : )

[@DC_1894]

I would tell people I work for the IRS and watch how fast they flee in the opposite direction. Re: your restaurant experiences in San Diego, maybe people recognized you guys but didn’t want to bother you. I’ve seen many a pro athlete in restaurants but never wanted to be a pest.

[@noahscott227]

Did a rookie in the minors ever slip up and piss off everyone?

[@themediamarauder1582]

I chased autographs for a living I would have recognized the team..LOL I was walking around a Mall in Canton, Ohio and I stopped Ugueth Urbina when he was in Double A. I asked him if he was who I thought he was and he said … I NO SPEAK ENGLISH... Then I asked him to please sign my card... He' replied I No play baseball... I asked him if he could sign the card anyway... He signed it Ugueth Urbina... I saw him at the park later that night and I asked him how he liked the mall.. He just started laughing. I met really young minor leaguer once. I was at a game he was not on the roster for some reason.. I think he just got sent down to rehab. Derek Jeter was on the Greensboro team as well. I asked this young kid if he was on the team.. He told me NO... I said "well you're to young to be a coach can you sign me ball please?"... He did.. 5 years later when Jeter was having killer years in the MLB I took my ball out of the closet and finally figured out who that young coach...he was MARINO RIVERA.. I was at an amusement park one time in Charlotte North Carolina and Paul Byrd walked past me and I said Hi Paul... He came over to me and asked "How do you know me?" I said you play minor league baseball I have your card at home. He started laughing and said that was the first time anyone recognized him...LOL If I had to make up a job I think I would just say self employed.. LOL Then if they ask any further questions I would say ….If I told you I would have to kill you...LOL I used to go to spring training every year to chase autographs and the one thing I learned quickly if you want to befriend baseball players don't talk baseball.. talk... video games, hunting, fishing, motorcycles, girls, anything buy baseball!!!!!

[@packermcjabroni3282]

Competitive Extreme Under-Water Basket Weaving

[@CruceEntertainment]

I’m not in baseball, so I tell people I’m in baseball, because I don’t want to talk about what it is I do.

[@chrisj197438]

When I borrowed my friends Audi R8 for a weekend I had a girl convinced I was a hockey player. I can’t even ice skate but she screwed me anyway lol

[@jlawrence0181]

When I was waiting tables, I knew all of the members of the Big Red Machine when they walked into the restaurant. However, I always thought that they came in to enjoy a good meal and should not be bothered while they were eating. And i did not and would not let others bother them. Of course, that was back in the time when baseball players were more respected.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Very cool!

[@BellaGsdad]

This is interesting bc in the minors, and lot of the young guys would love to say we played for the xyz or whatever, and no one really cared lol, but in the show, now one ever said we played for whomever. One time, we were eating at a restaurant in south florida, and a kid did recognize one of the players at the table and we were stuck there for like 2 hours. We were construction workers, a moving crew, a film crew shooting a documentary about baseball (you get to hear how bad people think you are lol), storm chasers, zoo animal transport specialists, greeters at Disney World, real estate investors....

[@kolejohnson2111]

bro ur awesome.Keep doing what ur doing.

[@danballe]

He would get recognized NOW! "Hey Everybody look, is that former baseball /youtuber eating at a restaurant"

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!!

[@howardtravels2130]

In flight missile mechanic....

[@dylanvielhauer2719]

Aerospace engineering

[@NobodyUR]

Depends who's around you. I've bumped into Odell Beckham since he's been In Cleveland and just let him be. I did however Immediately go bet against my team though lol. As it was GameDay at 4 am and let's just say he probably needed a buncha Pedialyte to play that day 😂

[@BrooklynEMS371170]

I work Law Enforcement and I’m the smallest guy on my team ( 5’11 275 lbs ) everyone else is 6’4 and taller . We travel in packs and we always get asked . We say that we work as babysitters. They just look at us and one waitress saw us jump in blacked out trucks and said out loud “ I need to do babysitting “ . So funny .

[@stephendre2902]

MetsFan86 every police officer is 6’4? And you all drive blacked out trucks? Fuckin basketball player looking men in Black cops that play baseball too? Your story doesn’t really make sense.

[@fightsports66]

@@stephendre2902 Who said they play baseball?

[@mercmichigan]

Have you seen my baseball?

[@jlefty30]

No matter where we would be it would be a light house bulb changer

[@Nowimlivinginthecreek]

My fake job would be porta potty cleaner

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Like it!

[@blacjackdaniels200]

I worked in car rental so you guys couldn’t make up names or occupations. I checked IDs Lol. Met a bunch of athletes and celebrities. Rarely said a word to them about it cause I’m sure it’s highly annoying for them. But most were really cool

[@NickPoeschek]

I’d never volunteer the fact that I was a pro baseball player, I’m sure the waiters and waitresses immediately start expecting a 200% tip and bitch about it on Twitter if they don’t get it, even if you aren’t millionaire big leaguers.

[@coaster1070]

I work for Riddell. I thought of this one because their world HQ is a few cities away.

[@madhouse2303]

Isn’t it here in Illinois ?

[@bryan_witha_whyy]

I’ve been in the Army 18years. I can’t stand talking about it, so my fake job is HR consultant. Nobody asks questions ever.

[@EricSmith-gs6jl]

We were construction workers

[@tonycatalano4338]

I knew a cop that hated talking about police work when he was out. If anyone ever asked what he did, he said he cleaned and delivered port-a-potty’s to job sites. Never a follow up question 😝

[@ajaded1]

Marine biologist or an architect.

[@scottmitchell1974]

Costanza!

[@jeffreytoman5202]

Summer of george

[@dustyglanden5851]

Pro wrestler

[@Oceansideca1987]

Personal ball washer I’ve heard is one of them

[@cnt2c56]

Just realized why my childhood friend always gives me quick answers or changes the subject when I talk to him about baseball. "Sorry Keith."

[@aarond23]

I saw a group of D League players, very tall basketball players in an airport, they fly commercial....they were a magnet for questions although you could tell they just wanted to be left alone

[@TheGbelcher]

Aaron Davis Yeah, most basketball players can’t hide. John Stockton has some funny stories about ppl not recognizing him in public even as they asked his teammates for autographs. 🤣

[@cyriluebbing22]

Nice

[@isaactruesdale238]

I scout out places for Mick Jagger to tour. Idk why Mick Jagger but that would be mine.

[@joeschmoe9154]

LOL I was in The Marines and ended up having some time off in Tokyo. A couple of us were hanging out in a Restaurant/club and I told these Japanese Chicks I was an Amish Rake Fighter on my way to China to challenge the Chinese Rake Fighting Champion...

[@kylehuber3323]

Did it get you laid?

[@tgozanski]

I used to lie about where I was from just to avoid for the hundredth time: cheese-head aye?

[@ArturoGarcia-er1hk]

I guess it’s your personality. I would not lied. And talk a little baseball no problem

[@joemckim1183]

It's probably good to make up a fake job since you don't want to draw attention to your table. If the waiter hears you're on the Padres then he's going to to the back and tell everyone working there is a table of major leaguers out there. And suddenly you have all of the waiters and kitchen staff trying to peak a look at you.

[@freewave04]

You’re in marketing

[@grendle81]

You got any Tony Gwynn stories?

[@stephendre2902]

Grendle81 Do you have any Tony Gwynn stories?*

[@Jose-hb5os]

**has do you

[@dustyglanden5851]

Wwe world champion

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Love that!

[@dustyglanden5851]

@@AntonelliBaseball thank you for doing these videos it lets baseball fans see what struggles there is tring to make it to the pros keep them coming

[@aardvark121212]

Do a George Castanza: "What do you do? Oh, I'm an architect. Wow, what have you designed? Well, I just did the addition to the Guggenheim Museum. It wasn't too hard and didn't take too long." (from an architect)

[@sethtorres407]

Hey Matt, just wondering if you can make a video on infield throws with no momentum, as I see a lot of guys field tough back hand plays close to the outfield grass, and from there they just throw the ball without any footwork going towards first base, however when I try this it’s an incredibly weak and uncomfortable throw for me to make. I wanted to see a video with your thoughts on when to make this play, and the mechanics behind it.

[@mdrew9234]

Shoestring salesman

[@davidbergin6184]

An undertaker.

[@pjras9361]

Hey Matt, did you ever get the, "How's the team looking" kind of questions? I have a part-time gig with a major junior hockey team and many of my coworkers at my full-time job will ask how the team is doing. I always answer politely and we'll end up talking hockey for a few minutes, but in the back of my mind I'm thinking, "Come to the games, then you'll know how they're doing".

[@hr1meg]

My friends and I when asked at restaurants say what we do , bankers, and investors. Next time I'll tell everyone to just say we play professional baseball from some random out of town team. :) Sadly, not even Pades fans recognize Padres. ;)

[@LtDansLegs69]

I used to say I was a greyhound bus driver when I was in the army to not look like I was another soldiers pretty funny.

[@joeschmoe9154]

Air Force Uniforms actually do look like Bis Drivers,,,

[@williamwebb6659]

I test jet skis that would be mine

[@stt5v2002]

I’m an ER doctor and I do the same thing. If I tell the truth, they usually want a story. I typically say I am a professional marathon runner or a theoretical physicist. I think I will try saying I’m a baseball player next time.

[@johnbryant3517]

Funny story. I used to work at a restaurant when Jim Thome played for the Indians. He came in and all of the employees recognized him right away. Nobody wanted to approach him. Finally, one of the cooks walked up to him and said: "A lot of people think that you're Jim Thome." Here responded: "Well, I am." The cook said "oh" and walked away. Later he said that he should've thought of something ahead of time to say if it was him.

[@stoneyj1a1]

Pretty good explanation, I get it. Recently I was in a Thai restaurant with my gf and I think a couple players came in. It was dead otherwise. But food was great and the guys ordered some extravagant wines. Seeing 5 single men eat a restaurant was certainly very odd. One of them looked liked TravisShaw, fwiw.

[@ucfpiloto]

What is the schedule like for a doubleheader and what do they do between games

[@talyh8898]

When you hit do u talk to the ump or catcher

[@jameshudson169]

tell me about it! just because i'm wearing a cardinals hat doesn't mean i have any idea about how they're doing this year! how times do i have to have THAT conversation?! can't a guy just wear a baseball cap?!

[@MJFVISUALS]

Hahaha this is to true. Or you get the one guy talking about his team being better

[@JoeRocket1504]

Gatorade jug transporter and med cart driver, you know budget cuts.

[@scottmcman7659]

Matt, since you were in a big group across the street from the stadium and nobody said anything, did stop to think the owner or manager may have specifically told employees/wait staff to avoid bothering players that came in? I mean, come on! There are 8-10 guys that look like athletes, across from the field? It's kind of obvious. I don't know, but I'll bet a lot of establishments have rules in place like that. What do you think? Also, patron often follow the lead of the wait staff. If they are making a big deal, then people will notice and may come over.

[@dancalkins97]

I’d say I’m a session musician.

[@davidkirkpatrick712]

Mayor of Knoxville Tn

[@matthewrammig]

Or you could just say your name is Art Vandelay and that you’re an architect

[@detaildon]

Busted! Art Vandelay is a latex salesman!😂

[@VisibilityFoggy]

@@detaildon In fairness, I think Jerry decided against hiring him as his latex salesman lol.

[@detaildon]

@@VisibilityFoggy he didn't get hired at a fake business?

[@detaildon]

Airline pilot

[@Izzie07770]

I wish I had this problem in real life lol. Always wanted to play professionally but never got the chance.

[@davidalder2677]

If you told them the truth in the did not recognize you the would probably no believe you.

[@erad67]

When I was a kid, I waited after a AAA game to try to get an autograph for the top pitcher who I had just watched play in the game. It wasn't until after he walked right by me onto the bus that I realized it was him. A lot of guys look different than you'd expect in their normal street clothes with no hat on. :) Deon Sanders I had no trouble recognizing ... then he tried to start a fight with a guy for asking for his autograph. Let's just say, I didn't get Deon's autograph! :)

[@landonlivingston8667]

I was the 1000th view on this video

[@upthebracket26]

As a political scientist... I can so relate to this.

[@vanscoyoc]

lol, I would always say I'm a bus driver....and then correct myself and say well its more like a shuttle bus!!!

[@Jermster_91]

Tell them you are a actor.

[@hawlikd]

Basket Weaving . . . ?

[@parkeranderson7155]

Competitive Children Volleyball Player, but you need to be an adult when you say it.

[@scottarmitage76]

That's weird cuz I say I play baseball lol