Jose Altuve Exposes Controversial Tattoo During Monday Media Scrum in Astros Clubhouse
By Thomas Carannante
Folks, Jose Altuve apparently actually has a tattoo in the area of question stemming from the "don't rip my shirt off" controversy after his walk-off home run against Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman to clinch the 2019 ALCS.
During Monday's media scrum in the Astros' clubhouse, reporters swarmed Carlos Correa's locker in hopes of getting more quotes out of the outspoken shortstop. Altuve, whose locker is right next to Correa's, came in, took his shirt off, and turned around toward the reporters, apparently to expose the tattoo Correa had talked about in his interview with Ken Rosenthal.
Jose Altuve just walked by a group of reporters, took his shirt off, turned around bare-chested, grabbed another shirt and put it on.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 17, 2020
Yes, there was a tattoo on his left collarbone. I’m not sure if it was bad or not.
According to Astros beat writer Chandler Rome, the tattoo simply said "Melanie," the name of his daughter.
Jose Altuve will speak to reporters after today’s workout. He just entered the Astros clubhouse shirtless, exposing a tattoo on his left shoulder that said “Melanie.”
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) February 17, 2020
So, how "horrible" was this tattoo during the ALCS? Did the tattoo artist just write "Me" and leave it unfinished? This sure proves Altuve wasn't getting any sort of extravagant ink on his body. Instead, it looks like Altuve ran to a tattoo parlor and got this just to prove something was on his collarbone or shoulder.
Once again, something doesn't add up here, but leave it to commissioner Rob Manfred to leave everything as is after further botching the entire situation.