I like to think that most baseball fans like Mike Trout. Perhaps many of them are hesitant to show said love for Mike Trout. It's understandable. You WANT to love him, but he's not on your team, so what can you do? Just pretend to NOT love Mike Trout? That sounds crazy, and a dishonest way to go through life. But loving a team can permit you from following your heart and your mind.
Not this guy. Even in the midst of his Oakland Athletics fandom, even in a warzone like Dodger Stadium, where you're basically flaunting your admiration for the opponent at hand AND the big, rival slugger from down the 5 freeway, even in the face of getting pummeled online and by his own community.