Jeff Kent -- nasty badass on a team of otherwise soft douchebags. Those days were horrible for Mets fans.

He became a considerable steroid-era slugger.

Jeff Kent refused to do it when he joined the Mets in 1992--he had already had it done to him in Toronto

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whatever it takes to build a team and win. Let's go Mets. Oh baby.

This doesn't seem that hilarious. What I find particularly stupid is not the hazing itself but this being treated as news. Quite a few of the readers'comments on this site are more intelligent than the stories.

Whatever. Let them have their fun. Rookies always get hazed. Remember how Rookies get stuck with the dinner bill for NFL team's first night out?

Who got the bill for the hookers?

all this hazing business - whether in fraternities, the military, ball clubs, or on trading floors - is not not gay.

This is something I don't get. I understand hazing for a college club or fraternity - it's a test to see if the initiates are willing to do whatever it takes to be a member. And to help the cognitive dissonance to ensure they're loyal.

But this? Contracts have been signed for millions of dollars for a job. They don't need to prove how much they want it, they already have it. Are they going to be pulled from the roster if they don't carry this bag?

It seems like nothing more than a big f*ck you to the new guys, in which case the appropriate response is to tell the team to shove that candy bag up their asses.

It's not really embarrassing when it's a well-known thing. Who's laughing at the guy carrying this thing? It's just dumb.

Rookies usually don't have million dollar contracts. It takes years to get to the promised land of free agency. And not every rookie to going to make it.

You're welcome.

i'm no sports expert but maybe they'd be a better team if they spent more time on the throwing and hitting and less time on the childish, gay stuff. just saying.

yeah really. They're in first place, so piss off.

Um, they're in first place.

Whenever you talk sports, my ulcer acts up.

That's nothing compare to the annual Yankees, ( you know, the World Champions?) rookie hazing. They have to dress up in stupid costumes and all this dignity is available on YouTube, forever.