Mexican-American baseball player Adrián González recently became trapped in the unwanted eye of the presidential hurricane.

“I don’t want this to be a story,” González said recently to the L.A. Times. “I did it for myself.”

The All-Star first baseman clarified that his hotel arrangement became public knowledge only because a team broadcaster shared the information with a reporter when the Chicago Cubs hosted the Dodgers during the National League Championship Series (NLCS) on Oct 15-16.

However, liberal pro-Hillary Clinton media outlets have blown this, and similar incidents, out of proportion to reflect poorly on Trump, just as Trump supporters keep oversharing details about Clinton’s past scandals.

This irrelevant, sponsored content only adds more fuel to the fire for voters already opposing Trump or Clinton without swaying anyone over. More importantly, these old accounts chewed up air time during debates, which should have been used to talk about intended policies and progressive discussion.

Just days away from the election, most people have made up their mind on who to vote for. Everyone needs to stop obsessing about people’s dramatic pasts, and start learning about presidential plans.

In regards to social justice issues, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is boldly protesting racial inequality and disapproval for both presidential candidates, but González was not publicly opposing Trump – so it was unfair to bring national controversy upon him.

“I wasn’t doing it for publicity, I wasn’t doing it for people to look at me or talk about me,” González said. “That’s not who I am. I just have my own values and morals that I want to live by.”

Born in San Diego, González grew up playing baseball in Tijuana, Mexico. He wears a red, white and blue jersey on the Fourth of July and a mariachi outfit in the locker room on Mexican Independence Day.

Now whether he wanted to or not, the bilingual and bicultural González has become of the poster child for people censuring Trump’s accusatory comments towards Mexican immigrants.

Instead of focusing on hitting game-winning homeruns in the playoffs, the Dodgers slugger had to dodge racist backlash online and media questions about private accommodations from five months ago.

“I didn’t stay there,” González said, standing by his discreet hotel boycott. “I had my reasons… We’re here to play baseball not talk politics.”