Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp is now a Gap clothes model
By Bryan Rose
The Los Angeles Dodgers have seemingly grown irritated with All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp, recently benching him for five games with little reason outside of a handful of reports that questioned his defense.
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It seemed as if Kemp wouldn’t get off the bench for quite some time, though just as quickly as he was regulated to the pine, oft-injured outfielder Carl Crawford sprained his ankle, forcing Kemp back into action.
The $160 million dollar man clearly had some extra time on his hands for a few days, enough to become a Gap model, this according to Women’s Wear Daily.
“This is pretty big,” Kemp said. “Everybody used to say that baseball players can’t dress and athletes can’t dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong, though there are some athletes that try too hard and try to do over-the-top things. But me, I try to be simple and just make whatever I’m wearing look good.”
Kemp has always been a fashionable guy and seems to enjoy the art of trying on clothes, so more power to him. But for a player who has seemingly found distraction with off-the-field activities before (*cough*Rihanna*cough), you have to wonder if the Dodgers, already seemingly frustrated with Kemp, are all that thrilled.
Regardless, next time you’re flipping through a Gap magazine or checking out their website and see a familiar face that looks like a professional baseball player, that’s because it is.
It’s a relatively large honor for Kemp as well as he becomes the first male celebrity to market Gap’s outlet stores.