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Rookie hazing

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Yabu and Flores in hazing

Man, I always knew Barry Zito had a rep for being a huge prankster, but he really went all out in organising the Oakland As rookie hazing - getting everyone costumes and all:

The A’s annual hazing tradition of making rookies don outlandish outfits for a day continued Sunday, bringing a literal application to one of the players’ most frequently used sayings: “Wear it.”

“We’re having the bus stop five blocks away from the hotel, too,” Zito said. “So they’ll be walking the streets of Cleveland all pimped out.”

That’s Keiichi Yabu and Ron Flores all dressed up. (Via Blue Cats and Red Sox)

A post I made last year on rookie hazing