{"id":156654,"date":"2015-07-21T15:57:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=156654"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:36:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:36:43","slug":"minor-league-player-talks-about-his-ronda-rousey-crush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/minor-league-player-talks-about-his-ronda-rousey-crush\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor League Player Talks About His Ronda Rousey Crush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rousey-SI1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143664\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rousey-SI1.png\" alt=\"Rousey-SI1\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rousey-SI1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rousey-SI1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rousey-SI1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rousey-SI1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The minor league baseball player who has left a ticket for Ronda Rousey everyday recently spoke out about the situation, explaining just how it all came about.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Giansanti, who plays for the AAA Iowa Cubs, spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/7\/21\/9010577\/ronda-rousey-cubs-baseball-anthony-giansanti-ticket-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a> about the tickets and about his crush on Ronda Rousey.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The funny thing about Ronda is, we\u2019ve had a lot of conversations about her in the clubhouse, and I\u2019m a pretty tough looking guy in the clubhouse. And I\u2019ve always been asked if I think I can beat up Ronda Rousey. And I\u2019m like, I wouldn\u2019t want to beat her up &#8212; I want to take her out on a date.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I left her a ticket one day, just hoping the guys would look at the pass list and get a good laugh out of it,&#8221; he says. &#8220;They said, you should tweet that\u2026it\u2019s funny. So I did, and the first one got some love and then I tweeted it again. Then that made it like an on-running joke. Never ever thought it would escalate to this. It was harmless fun, and it caught fire.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Reporter Hits On Cris Cyborg During Special Invicta Press Conference! 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