Category Archives: Rookie Hazing
Spring: A Time of Renewal, and Making Rookies Miserable
Spring training is a time for players to prepare for the season ahead. Typically that would mean on-the-field business … except that somebody keeps stocking clubhouses with rookies. And veterans need to prepare their hazing chops just as much as … Continue reading
Filed under Kyle Drabek, Mike Trout, Rookie Hazing
It’s October, So Ride, Rookies, Ride
It’s the last weekend of the regular season, which means one thing: rookies all around baseball spent an awful lot of time recently commuting through airports and on busses in something other than their normal wardrobe. It’s a time-tested tradition, … Continue reading
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Rhymes’ Homer Earns Cold Shoulder
Reader Greg points out in response to the earlier post about Chris Carter, that Will Rhymes hit his first big league home run last night for the Tigers. That it had to be determined by review was interesting; even better … Continue reading
Filed under Rookie Hazing, Will Rhymes
Rookie’s First Hit was Inevitable; So was his Treatment in the Dugout
Rookie hazing happens. It’s a regular part of the rhythm of a baseball season, with first-year players doing everything from menial clubhouse chores to dressing in drag on late-season road trips. There’s one bit of rookie hazing, however, that has … Continue reading
Filed under Chris Carter, Rex Hudler, Rookie Hazing, Todd Greene
Rookie Treatment Prevails, Even if You’re Not Quite a Ballplayer
Today’s ball boy for the Kansas City Royals in their game against the Rangers was Olukorede Aiyegbusi, the second-round draft pick of Major League Soccer’s Kansas City Wizards. Aiyegbusi, from England by way of North Carolina University, was victimized by … Continue reading
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Park Sues Former Teammate; if Only He’d Considered the Tactic Sooner
Normally, big leaguers handle their grievances with each other on the field of play, not the courtroom. That didn’t stop Chan Ho Park, who filed suit against former teammate Chad Kreuter for allegedly failing to repay the full balance of … Continue reading
Filed under Chan Ho Park, Rookie Hazing, Unwritten Rules
