Yankee Rookies Put Through Hazing

It's an annual rite. A tradition, if you will. Some disagree with it saying it sets a bad example to youngsters, others say it's nothing but good clean fun. Count me in the latter of those two thought processes. While hazing in a lot of forms is awful and wrong, this I can barely call hazing. It's just a way for the team to stay loose and have fun. It's nothing major to me, I always get a kick out of it every year. This year though the things the Yankee veterans had the rookies wear were kind of tame, nothing really that embarrassing. They chose a Village People this season...Alfredo Aceves was the indian, Brett Gardner the construction worker, Juan Miranda the policeman, Francisco Cerevelli the biker, Humberto Sanchez as the naval officer, and David Robertson as the cowboy. Apparently either Phile Coke did not receive the memo or the Yankees couldn't figure out another outfit to have him wear so he got a break and didn't have to participate. Or maybe they let the Yankees most successful rookie get a break and not have to do it. Either way, I always find this sort of funny and interesting.

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