Tulo was always kind of a dick, right.

I'm not saying he wasn't a good teammate or leader. I'm not saying his focus wasn't entirely upon winning the day and setting his team up so they could go as far as they could in terms of Ws or playoff berths achieved. But baseball is the type of game that allows for individuality and personal achievement in and above team accomplishments. For as professional as Tulowitzki was acclaimed for being in his time in Toronto, dude also had the personality traits of spoiled eight year-old. Case in point, this marvellously thrown temper tantrum in the direction of poor Michael Saunders, circa July 3rd, 2016.

Was that not hilarious? The wild thrashing of arms and frowny face is straight out of elementary school, not usually associated with thirtysomethings. The early grades, where pants are sometimes peed and the tears do flow when a young one's base emotions overcome the socialisation that's being taught at the same time as multiplication tables and phonics, is where that shit usually happens. I'm not saying that poor Michael Saunders shouldn't have gotten the hell out of the way of the moody shortstop. I'm not even saying that a health Tulo wasn't far more important than an out recorded in some middle of the season game where the hometeam would go on to put up 17 runs in nine innings played. But in terms of seeing into the heart of someone's personality, spastic-Tulo told us all we really have to know about what it must have been like to work with the guy.

Maybe dude was just experiencing some post-traumatic stress from this previous smash-up derby endured in Toronto blue. [ Ссылка ]

Maybe the man formerly on a HOF track while in his younger days at high altitude, playing in Denver, was jolted by the fear of the close call, as it appeared that he was finally putting up numbers that he could be proud of. Maybe he knew that his body was changing, and his ability to stay on the field was a margin so thin that he didn't need big people running into him from behind when he was so vulnerable. Whatever the reason for that emotional display at a teammate, Number-2 did this later in the game. [ Ссылка ]

I've had fun at the expense of Tulo with this little piece, but he really was fun to watch when AA pulled the trigger on his acquisition. He had a reputation that wasn't all grade-school recess madness. Dude was a big name, and even though I didn't think the team necessarily needed the upgrade at short, it sure was fun to be living the days where the hometeam was doing everything they could to put elite talent on the field.

Even in full blown department store toy section meltdown mode, Tulo was a treat to have in a Jays cap and jersey.

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