What 's more exciting than meeting your idol ? Meeting your idol in a Starbucks , while wearing a shirt with their name on it , and having your picture uploaded to their Instagram account . One little boy was lucky enough to meet Justin Verlander , pitcher for the Detroit Tigers , under those same , once-in-a-lifetime , circumstances . Verlander snapped a selfie in front a little boy wearing a dark blue shirt with Verlander 's name and jersey number , 35 , on the back . Scroll down for video . Selfie : Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander ( right ) snapped this selfie in front a little boy wearing a dark blue shirt with Verlander 's name and jersey number , 35 , on the back . Instagram : The pitcher uploaded the selfie to his more than 150,000 Instagram followers writing : 'Love having my fans support ! ! This little guy was pretty surprised when he turned around ' The pitcher uploaded the selfie to his more than 150,000 Instagram followers writing : 'Love having my fans support ! ! This little guy was pretty surprised when he turned around . ' Perhaps 'pretty surprised ' is an understatement when a little boy meets his idol , but we 'll take Verlander 's word for it . This is n't the first time a celebrity has snapped a selfie with an unsuspecting fan . In January , former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay tweeted a photo to his more than 40,000 Twitter followers of himself in front of a fan who wore a red shirt with the former player 's name and jersey number on the back . This guy was n't so lucky . Apparently , Halladay did n't meet the fan , he tweeted : 'Oopps you missed me ! Walked right by me ! Hope he gets to see his pic with me on Twitter , he does n't know we took this . ' Fan : In January , former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay ( right ) tweeted a photo of himself in front of a fan ( left ) who wore a red shirt with the former player 's name and jersey number on the back . 'Full House ' star John Stamos , who played Uncle Jessie , stopped by his TV home in San Francisco last month and went unnoticed by fans checking out the famous house . The 51-year-old actor took a photo of himself in front of the home as the unsuspecting fans marveled at the front of the San Francisco house featured in the opening sequence of the family sitcom . Stamos uploaded the photo to Instagram with the caption : 'Boy , these youngsters have 0.0 idea what they 're missing . # Fullhousehouse . # TURNAROUND . ' It is unknown if the 'youngsters ' ever did , in fact , # TURNAROUND or if they missed their 'old familiar friend . ' # TURNAROUND : Last month , 'Full House ' star John Stamos ( left ) , who played Uncle Jessie , stopped by his TV home in San Francisco last month and went unnoticed by fans checking out the famous house .
Detroit Tigers pitcher Uncle Jessie snapped a selfie in front of an unsuspecting little boy wearing the player 's shirt in line at a Starbucks . Verlander uploaded the photo to Instagram saying the fan was 'pretty surprised ' when he turned around . The photo has gotten more than 16,000 'likes ' and 600 comments .