It's Hazing Day

[bmfc1]

It's the annual hazing day for Mets rookies.
http://twitpic.com/jen4r

Why is Wright in that picture?

Santos is Robin:
http://tweetphoto.com/g640auco



left to right, it's Lance Broadway, Bobby Parnell, Tobi Stoner, physical therapist John Zajac, Daniel Murphy, Josh Thole, with Omir Santos in front.

Takahashi:

Edited September 27, 2009 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

Given that it's almost Yom Kippur, I'm surprised there's no tallis or tzitzis involved.

[metsmarathon]

man... i cannot figure out who everyone is in there...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dang, Ken is too old to put up with that.

[Guest Kong76]

Why's Wright gone now from the first picture?

I'm about six clicks from becoming a Royals fan.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Appears to be a moment before or after.

[Guest Kong76]

Maybe I don't understand professional jock humor and tradition.

How the last three seasons have ended, I really have no patience to
see such nonsense -- with or without Mr. Wright.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, sure, longstanding jock tradition of thinking feminization is the ultimate in degrading humorous insult.

I stood with Jeff Kent back when he got hazed. Well, in spirit anyhow. Cut the crap and play responsible ball.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/15/sports/baseball-mets-pull-a-little-prank-but-kent-pulls-a-big-fit.html

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Given that it's almost Yom Kippur, I'm surprised there's no tallis or tzitzis involved.[/quote:3f50dbv9]

Er... given that they're all gentiles, that might have gone over about as well as blackface.

[Guest Kong76]

Jay thinks, "hey, how did they get to my on-the-road stockings?"

[metirish]

Maybe I don't understand professional jock humor and tradition.

How the last three seasons have ended, I really have no patience to
see such nonsense -- with or without Mr. Wright.[/quote:3hebyfw5]


I tend to agree with this....

Edited September 28, 2009 by Guest

[Fman99]

Given that it's almost Yom Kippur, I'm surprised there's no tallis or tzitzis involved.[/quote:32d9557l]

Look at Takahashi again, you can see his tzitzis real nice.

[Guest holychicken]

The season has been pretty miserable for them too, I imagine. Let them have fun with their little tradition; I don't see the harm in it.

Really, it seems that you guys are letting your frustration with the season turn this little joke into something much more than it is. With or without this, they would still be eliminated.

[HahnSolo]

Shouldn't Murphy have been hazed last year?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Given that it's almost Yom Kippur, I'm surprised there's no tallis or tzitzis involved.

[Guest Kong76]

hc: Really, it seems that you guys are letting your frustration with the season turn this little joke into something much more than it is <<<

Well, last three seasons.

[G-Fafif]

Shouldn't Murphy have been hazed last year?[/quote:39aljhmj]

Some teams do it before September. In '06 the Mets did it after their June trip to Toronto because making the rookies go through customs in those getups makes the whole ordeal even more rigorous.

[ashie62]

Hazing needs to be abolished..Who will be the first manager with the balls to not allow it?

[G-Fafif]

Hazing needs to be abolished..Who will be the first manager with the balls to not allow it?[/quote:z5gktkhq]

The Mets have been hazed by most of the National League this season.

[Centerfield]

Hazing needs to be abolished..Who will be the first manager with the balls to not allow it?[/quote:2p8fdrco]

Why?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Shouldn't Murphy have been hazed last year?[/quote:59f8eo90]

He was, but --- son of a bitch --- he really liked it. Those are his regular street clothes now.

[ashie62]

I don't understand the appeal of dehumanizing acts, thats why

[ashie62]

Given that it's almost Yom Kippur, I'm surprised there's no tallis or tzitzis involved.[/quote:3pcvx42x]

Er... given that they're all gentiles, that might have gone over about as well as blackface.[/quote:3pcvx42x]

Gentiles? Blackface? yikes

[G-Fafif]

Given that it's almost Yom Kippur, I'm surprised there's no tallis or tzitzis involved.[/quote:g9l5tpl7]

Er... given that they're all gentiles, that might have gone over about as well as blackface.[/quote:g9l5tpl7]

Gentiles? Blackface? yikes[/quote:g9l5tpl7]

Don't know about the analogy, but I'm guessing (my YK SC notwithstanding) that the over/under on Mets aware of the Day of the Atonement yesterday was 0 (not counting Jay Horwitz).

[ashie62]

gotcha!