When moving to a brand new city, you may encounter some trouble while learning to navigate in a new environment. Whether that be learning the transit system or simply adjusting to a culture that is not familiar to you. That was the case for Yankees catcher Jose Trevino, who shared a hilarious story about getting lost on New York's complex subway system prior to Opening Day.
When speaking on the latest episode of The Chris Rose Rotation, Trevino explained that before he got wind that the Yankees' Opening Day game against the Red Sox was canceled due to weather, he decided to take the subway to Yankees Stadium, despite being his first time taking it.
Expecting the train to head towards 161 st, where there is a station that has direct access to the stadium, Trevino said the train stopped at 134th, with the belief that there were two more stops. However, little did he know, the train started to move backward.
"I got lost my first day on the subway," Trevino told Rose. "It was Opening Day, but they had canceled it because of the rain. I followed directions on Google, I get on the train that it said I was supposed to get on, well I get to this one-stop and I think it's 134th and I'm like, alright two more stops and I'm 161st, I walk out and figure out where I need to go. I'm sitting there and I'm looking around and there's nobody in there. I'm like, why is there anybody in here. I stay sitting down, the doors close, no one is in there and it starts going backward."
Trevino ended up getting off a stop later and taking an Uber, admitting that it was a good thing that Opening Day was canceled because he would've freaked out.
The 29-year-old catcher, who is a native of the car-centered state of Texas, added that although his first experience taking the subway didn't go as planned, he enjoys taking it everywhere he goes in the city.
"After that, I just started to take the subway everywhere now. It's kinda easy now."
When Rose asked Trevino if anyone knows he is the catcher for the Bronx Bombers, Trevino claims most people don't recognize him, but he did share a story about a bunch of Yankees fans approaching him but kept the interaction low-key because they didn't want blow to make a rouse on the train.
"It was after Opening Week, we went to go eat somewhere and all these people were like, hey 'go Yankees.' They kinda like looked at me like we know who you are but were not going to tip you off here. It's been fun."
I'm sure that will change if Trevino keeps performing at a high level. As of June 13, Trevino is slashing a career-best .309 from the plate and is garnering All-Star buzz as he continues to entrench himself as the Yankees' No. 1 option behind home plate, and a growing fan favorite amongst the Yankees faithful.
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