Every once in a while, Nolan Arenado runs across a story that mentions his name and makes him shake his head.
“I don’t know where some of it comes from,” the Colorado Rockies All-Star third baseman laughed.
Being the face of a franchise and doing so many cool things, facts sometimes get intermingled with good fiction.
Fact: He did go to Cuba this offseason to visit his roots.
Fiction: The four-time Gold Glover didn’t demand the Rockies switch to a lighter shade of purple on their uniforms this season.