But, until recently, the Baltimore Orioles third baseman’s celebrity was confined to the baseball world.
Now, he’s a celebrity for the whole world after Andy Frye from Rolling Stone magazine wrote a feature about him titled “Manny Machado: Why Baltimore Orioles Star Is Key to Team’s Resurgence.”
It is not uncommon for Rolling Stone to cover exciting athletes. The first baseball player to grace the cover of the magazine was Mark Fidrych who pitched for the Detroit Tigers for a single season in 1977. Other athletes who have appeared on the cover include Muhammad Ali and Jim McMahon of the Chicago Bears.