Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar drives a golden truck

Alcides Escobar is known for his flashy play at shortstop. We found out Tuesday he’s just as flashy off the field.

See, it appears that Escobar drives a golden truck. That’s right, a truck that is so overwhelmingly golden it would surely make a certain Austin Powers villain jealous.

Mike Swanson, the Royals’ VP of communications & broadcasting, tweeted out a picture of Escobar’s ride:

Now if we can only get our shortstop a Rawlings Gold Glove to put inside his car. pic.twitter.com/XTFScA1nLk

— Mike Swanson (@Swanee54) March 3, 2015

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Now that’s how you make a statement on the streets. As Swanson points out though, Escobar hasn’t won a Gold Glove yet in his career. His teammates Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, and Alex Gordon received the honor in 2014, but Baltimore’s J.J. Hardy was deemed the top defensive shortshop in the American League.

So if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em? Escobar sure seems to have found one way to do just that.

(H/T Eye on Baseball)

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Israel Fehr is a writer for the Yahoo Sports blogs. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter. Follow @israelfehr