"A patient king" - Fans in splits as Trent Grisham cracks hilarious reason for not marrying wife in middle school

New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham is enjoying a breakthrough year with the American League East team, and his bat shone again in Tuesday's 10-9 win against the Minnesota Twins.

While Grisham has emerged as a fan favourite in the Bronx, a hilarious trivia from his personal life had the Yankees fanbase in splits. During the game against the Twins, a viral post on social media highlighted a graphic from a videboard with the message:

"Trent Grisham: Met his wife in middle school but didn't get married right away because they were in middle school."

Fans on social media were in splits after learning about the fact from Grisham's personal life.

"A patient king," wrote a fan.

"I've seen enough, make him president," wrote another fan.

"Being with someone since middle school is a big flex tbh."

"Yeah too many things going on in middle school to think about a wedding," joked a fan.

"In middle school I was climbing on top of desks yelling "suck it" with the DX chop," a fan hilariously recalled.

Trent Grisham married his longtime girlfriend Megan in 2020 and the duo welcomed their first child in April.

Trent Grisham revealed how he asked Megan out for the first time

The Yankees outfielder shared the details about his first date with Megan in an interview with the New York Post in June.

"I don’t remember the first date, I remember the first day I asked her to go out with me," Grisham said. "We were 13 or 14, and we were at one of our friend’s pools."

"I was kind of scared my other three buddies that were at the party would make fun of me, so I kind of snuck around a tree and asked her to go out with me. I wanted it to be private with us."

Grisham, who became a father for the first time after the birth of his son Ezekiel on April 21, shared his fatherhood experience.

"A lot of fun," Grisham said. "I’ve always wanted to be a dad. I always knew that growing up, so for it to come to fruition it’s really more taking care of Mama right now than anything. I get to do all the fun stuff like hold the baby, try to make him smile."

Fatherhood has seemingly rubbed off well on his on-field performance as he is having a career year with the Yankees, batting .238 with 31 home runs and 67 RBi.

About the author

Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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