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A's dress up rookies in funny costumes for final road trip

Found September 25, 2013 on Minus Twenty-Two:
TEAMS: Oakland Athletics
Rookie dress-up day is a tradition unlike any other in Major League Baseball. Forget the seventh inning stretch or hot dogs and beer. There’s nothing more baseball than seeing a grown man exit the clubhouse wearing a cheerleader costume with pom-poms. It’s playful hazing by the vets, and it almost always involves cross-dressing to a certain degree. As was the case for the A’s rookies after Wednesday’s game against the Angels. It also for the most part had a superhero theme. Almost all of the rookies didn’t have it so bad. And then there was Dan Otero, who had to dress like… well, you’ll see. Straily pic.twitter.com/zPhADDl9tn — Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) September 25, 2013 Vogt poses as a referee pic.twitter.com/T3b8AD9xyL — Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) September 25, 2013 Anyone know who Figueroa is? pic.twitter.com/uXFLxq1bHJ — Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) September 25, 2013 Gray as Robin pic.twitter.com/ap6AB8hSJm — Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) September 25, 2013 Another of Freiman, with Choice right behind h...
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