No, he was a douche, he just did it quietly and it got overlooked because he was so good at baseball. He's really kind of an ass and has proven it on multiple occasions. Examples? Refusal to sign any autograph unless it's for money for one. There's been a lot of stuff that has rubbed media types (rational ones, not the PC police types) the wrong way over the years. Like SSR said though, he's a professional athlete. I don't think he's some awful human being, he's just not the classy type he wants you to think he is. He has a hitting clinic near Kansas City. He does a signing to help support it yearly. He charges $200 an autograph. One of my friends went, paid the money to get his signature. Albert wouldn't sign the darker item in a silver pen and put the autograph on the darkest spot. He's a dick, just like Wilfredo.....ok not like Wilfredo, but a dick.