Part of the allure of baseball for me growing up was the goofy stuff that always seemed to be going on around the game.  The local video rental shop had a couple of baseball blooper videos that I must’ve convinced my mom to rent dozens and dozens of times. You know, bubble gum bubbles stuck on top of an unsuspecting victims hat, the hot foot, all kinds of chaos in the bullpen, any of this stuff.  The classics.  Goofy stuff.  Fun stuff.

It seems like the game got too serious– probably about the time players turned into multi million dollar investments– making simple stories like these all the more welcome.

Don Wakamatsu has tightened up the dress code on the airplane and Ken Griffey Jr. has been less than happy with the tie policy. Well, he got his revenge today.

When we arrived at the airport, the coaches and staff got on the plane first. About 10 minutes later, the team boarded. Wak, as is the custom for the manager, sits in the first seat. Jr was the first player to step into the airplane. He was wearing a nice dark suit and a tie. A white tie with a smiling Don Wakamatsu in his uniform silk screened on the bottom of it. The rest of the team followed in the same ties.

Courtesy of Shannon Drayer.