The Jose Bautista-Lionel Messi bromance is real.Bautista, an avid FC Barcelona fan, met his favourite player and some of Messi's teammates after a training session Thursday in a suburb of Barcelona ahead of the team's weekend match against Real Madrid. He hung out with the team and snapped a bunch of photos with them. Even better, he came bearing gifts. Bautista, a few weeks removed from launching epic bat flips during Toronto's exhilarating postseason run, distributed hats, gloves and jerseys to the team, according to FC Barcelona's official website.Bautista put together some of the highlights from his meeting on his Instagram page:
This isn't the first time the All-Star right fielder has made his love for the team known. During a summer game in Arlington, Texas, against the Rangers, the Blue Jays slugger made a jersey swap with a fan for a Messi FC Barcelona shirt.