Having just signed Hamilton, the Mets didn’t know about the speedster’s aversion to trains and asked him to take a rail down to meet them. Instead, the outfielder opted for a car ride.
Hamilton doesn’t like to ride trains because the show ‘Criminal Minds’ has portrayed the transportation method as dangerous.
“I told them I watch too much ‘Criminal Minds’ for the train,” Hamilton said to reporters.
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There is a hostage situation on a train in a 2005 episode of ‘Criminal Minds’ called ‘Derailed’ — although it’s unclear whether that’s the specific one that gave Hamilton pause at the thought of riding a train to the mid-Atlantic.
Hamilton, who at this stage is mostly used as a pinch-runner, did not feature in the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the Nationals.
