Nationals closer Sean Doolittle shared a story over the weekend about an incident involving a group of teens on Metro that left Doolittle so shaken it took him “weeks to summon the courage to take the train again.” So what, exactly, did these nefarious teens do? They told the bearded and bespectacled Doolittle that he looks like bearded and bespectacled actor Seth Rogen.
“I am now ready to admit that it was actually a very good burn,” Doolittle tweeted Sunday about a different sort of fire on the tracks before explaining how the interaction went down.
The teens are winning olympic gold medals and using their voices to affect positive social change. It’s inspiring and I for one welcome our new teen overlords.
— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) February 18, 2018
a group of teens roasted me on the DC metro once and it took me weeks to summon the courage to take the train again. I am now ready to admit that it was actually a very good burn.
— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) February 18, 2018
According to Doolittle, he and his wife, Eireann Dolan, were standing on a Metro platform with “a gaggle of teens” after leaving an event for fans at Nationals Park. Doolittle said he “felt cool,” figuring he had been recognized when one of them asked, “Hey, you know who you look like?” Before Doolittle could answer, the teen blurted out “Seth Rogen,” prompting laughter from everyone except Doolittle and especially Dolan.
we left a nats social event and there was a gaggle of teens on the metro platform. one of them said “hey you know who you look like?” i thought they recognized me and felt cool. as I began to reply he said, “seth rogen” and the whole group (plus my wife) started laughing
— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) February 18, 2018
“She horse laughed right in my face,” Doolittle tweeted. “Pointed at me too. Brutal.”
I’ve never heard her laugh that loud or that hard. She horse laughed right in my face. Pointed at me too. Brutal.
— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) February 18, 2018
their laughter. it haunts me.
— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) February 18, 2018
So, does Doolittle look like the star of such films as “The Green Hornet,” “Knocked Up” and “Superbad”?
There’s definitely some resemblance, and the teen wasn’t the first person to make the comparison.
James Franco will also play as Jeff Samardzija and Seth Rogen as Sean Doolittle for #Moneyball2
— KJ Hiramoto (@HiramotoJr) July 5, 2014
In a perfect world, Sean Doolittle would sound like Seth Rogen.
— Carl D. Orr (@carlosdelvaca) September 10, 2017
Meanwhile, how long will it be before new-to-Twitter Nationals reliever Shawn Kelley tweets about a group of teens on the Palm Tran telling him he looks like Jayson Werth?
Thanks to @recordsANDradio.
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