My wife flew out to LA Friday morning to surprise her folks for Mothers' Day. When she landed at LAX, we were texting, and she added:
"There's a dude in first class who might be a pro ballplayer."
"He was watching a tigers white sox game and pausing it a lot"
"White guy brown hair, mediumish bears"
"Beard"
I did some internet sleuthing, and determined that is must be none other than JD Martinez, who had just been activated from the DL by the Tigers, who were playing in Anaheim. JD had been on rehab with Toledo, and they were playing the Bulls here in Durham.
Still kinda curious why he was watching Tigers/White Sox footage so intently. They haven't played each other in a couple weeks; maybe he was just doing early homework for the next time they play, May 26th?