Bearded Colby Rasmus gets roasted on Twitter

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Colby Rasmus photoshopped on to the famous American Gothic painting by artist Grant Wood. (@_rallycap/Twitter)

Sportsnet Staff February 22, 2017, 1:57 PM

Team photo days in spring training are always good for a nugget or two. Each year a player will show up with wild facial hair or a crazy haircut that sticks with them all season in the form of headshots used on television broadcasts.

On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays gifted the world with this beauty: Bearded Colby Rasmus.

I logged in to Twitter and was immediately face to face with bearded Colby Rasmus. Logging back out now.

— Jenn Smith (@Baseball_Jenn) February 22, 2017

I would like to never see that picture of Colby Rasmus ever again.

— Jon Pyle (@jonraypyle) February 22, 2017

Colby Rasmus walk up song better be "Amish Paradise" by Weird Al pic.twitter.com/isFp2A8ucB

— KC Bubba (@bdentrek) February 22, 2017

https://twitter.com/_rallycap/status/834470586424360961

BREAKING: Colby Rasmus has joined the Wyatt Family. pic.twitter.com/9tZ9REsTEA

— BVH (@BVHJays) February 22, 2017

https://twitter.com/Rutrick316/status/834471983001829376

Someone needs to tell Colby Rasmus that the beard doesn't suit him pic.twitter.com/D8jPxyT2NP

— Adam Virani (@adamv_23) February 22, 2017

https://twitter.com/DrewShirleyShow/status/834472330688679941

Colby Rasmus out here looking like Mose Schrute pic.twitter.com/Xo1sE1ATJM

— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) February 22, 2017

Amanda Zeman on Twitter

Then, just as the Twitter jokes started flying, the Rays posted this picture of a clean-shaven Rasmus.

For all interested parties: pic.twitter.com/K0mGz9hOEQ

— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) February 22, 2017

Was it the team’s plan to get us all going, then pull the carpet out from under us? Or was it a reaction to the social media roasting of Rasmus? Guess we’ll never know.

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