{"id":247394,"date":"2026-01-16T06:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247394\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:33:11","slug":"paul-mescal-reveals-scale-of-unexpected-fandom-of-new-sport-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247394\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal Reveals Scale Of Unexpected Fandom Of New Sport Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Mescal had a strong sporting background before his permanent move into the world of acting, looking like one of the most promising GAA players in Kildare in his youth.<\/p>\n<p>The Maynooth clubman represented the county through various age groups, eventually playing three years at minor and winning a Leinster title in 2013. He would also play in a Leinster U21 final in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mescal has since hung up his boots, although it seems as though he has developed a fascination with a new sport in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/kerry-underage-star-meath-move-devon-burns-647737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Kerry Standout In Line For Shock Meath Call-Up After Club Transfer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/the-rewind\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/the-rewind\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/the-rewind\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/the-rewind\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/pauric-mahony-ballygunner-waterford-john-mullane-647777\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mahony Hits Back At Waterford&#8217;s Legend&#8217;s Narrative About Ballygunner Dominance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Mescal Reveals Scale Of Obsession With New Sport Team<\/p>\n<p>Paul Mescal remains a big fan of Irish sport, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/paul-mescal-cork-tipperary-636321\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attending All-Ireland finals<\/a> and Ireland rugby internationals in recent years. He has also apparently become obsessed with a very different sport across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@britishgq\/video\/7594394474025848086?_r=1&amp;_t=ZN-9361OJwcHcE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking<\/a> to GQ, the Kildare man revealed that he is now a huge baseball fan, with the Boston Red Sox his team of choice.<\/p>\n<p>I take baseball very seriously now, I take it very seriously. Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true, the last year. I went to my first Major League Baseball game at Fenway Park, Red Sox fan.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a partner connection. We were right beside the dugout, but I was into it before that. Like I watch the highlights on my phone every morning in the chair.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket is less interesting to me. I&#8217;m a big Red Sox boy. I think that&#8217;s relatively surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Mescal&#8217;s musician girlfriend Gracie Abrams is a big Boston Red Sox fan, something that has now apparently rubbed off on the Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>2025 was not a great year to become a Red Sox. The Boston team would finish third in their division, before losing to old rivals the New York Yankees in the first round of the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness, as a Kildare fan, Paul Mescal is fairly well used to sporting disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/roy-keane-michael-carrick-wife-comment-647743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Keane Throws Unexpected Dig At Michael Carrick&#8217;s Wife To Reignite Old Feud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal had a strong sporting background before his permanent move into the world of acting, looking like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,5042,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-247394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-paul-mescal","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}