As the ace starter for back-to-back College World Series champion South Carolina, Michael Roth was a big name in the college baseball world before being drafted by the Angels last year. A big enough name to make him a catfishing victim, it turns out.
Roth told Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times about his experience, which started with a text message from someone in the summer of 2010:
That started a stream of flattering texts and alluring phone calls from a woman Roth never had met, including the requisite visits that inevitably were canceled at the last minute.
Roth said he sensed something fishy within a few weeks. He played along for a year, in the process discovering that three of his college teammates also had been in touch with the same woman, who claimed her name was Hope Porter.
Roth apparently never figured out the real source behind the Porter identity, and he?s long since moved on. He also indicated that while he does feel some sympathy for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te?o, he feels Te?o was pretty gullible for letting it go so far.
The 23-year-old Roth was the Angels? ninth-round pick in last year?s draft. While he was an excellent college pitcher, pro scouts didn?t think too highly of his stuff and he?s viewed as a long shot to reach the majors and stick.
Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/09/an-angels-prospect-got-catfished/related/
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