Sit right down and tell us how it was they got you.

The McCC new moderator hazing was the worst…

And for some reason Natto didn’t have to do it….

Hazing is one of those things that’s always been around when you get a group of dudes in a group and send them off to war, play ball, etc. It’s something that’s never going to go away, no-matter how hard you try and regulate it. Now granted, there’s always a bunch of shitheads out there, ruining a good time by taking things over the line. I seem to remember some high school/college girls getting some national publicity for some stunt they pulled on fellow teammates a while back. Can’t for the life of me remember any more of the specifics than that.

I can say this…as a guy that’s been on both ends of the hazing equation more times than you could count (three sport jock in HS, fraternity in college, and a father who was in the fire service..yes it happens there too) I’ve seen just about the whole range of ‘experiments’ …sometime the line is crossed and when that happens, NOBODY gets a rise out of it, that’s a fact. Really, a little bit of common sense goes a real long way here and as long as no lasting physical harm is inflicted on anyone, just about anything could be considered acceptable I would imagine. Bumps and bruises, those will heal up with time…that vicious hangover and all the magic marker on your face from the bitchy sorority girls…that’ll go away eventually…harmless pranks that involve fire, some clothes, and someone having to walk naked from point A to point B…the clothes can easily be replaced and who hasn’t been embarrassed in front of the opposite sex before?

I guess what I’m getting at is that hazing will always be prevalent in situations where the fostering of brother/sisterhood is necessary. MLB, a school district, or anyone else for that matter, shouldn’t have any sort of authority or voice in the matter, so long as you’ve got some reasoning and right-thinking individuals either being hazed or doing the hazing. Now we all know that a few bad apples can spoil the bunch, but it’s unreasonable to assume that any organization could keep things safer than a few people who know what’s right and wrong and are willing to call out their buddies if that mythical line is being crossed.

P.S. It goes without saying that this “mythical line” I speak of is different in every case. Back in the HS sports days, anything more than a bruise or bloody nose was a big no-no. In college, I was told that the fraternity, “Doesn’t believe in hazing”, but I’ll be damned if a pretty girl can do all kinds of stuff to a dude that’s ‘bout ready to blackout from the booze that’s been poured down his gullet. As for the fire department stuff…I’m sure some of that stuff has changed recently with the introduction of women into the profession. Needless to say alot of the stuff I remember seeing as a little kid wouldn’t ever be attempted nowadays.

"…who hasn’t been embarrassed in front of the opposite sex before?

ahem.

In the future, the owners will realize that they have not squeezed every last hard earned drop out of fans and start pimping out these rook hazing traditions with “special edition” caps, tee-shirts, and French maid outfits that fans can “show their pride” by wearing at home. You know the Colorado Rockies are chomping at the bit to use Purple Haze.

Hazing, Chinese foot-binding, water-boarding, and “female circumcision” are all attempts by bullies to exert power over other human beings. There is no justification for enlightened people to engage in or tolerate such actions.

There’s a pretty big difference between hazing and raping someone with a baseball bat. Hazing can be fun, sometimes even rewarding, if done correctly.

because someone FAILed to use flavored lube on the bat.

OT – I roll my Limewire acquisitions as a continuous shuffle , and as I type this I’m getting Rush’s “Free Will” , which is both sweet!…and ironic.

I think there’s a big difference between making Pablo Sandoval put on a frilly petticoat and that one guy who died after drinking copious amounts of water and the pushups and all that, as part of a fraternity hazing thing. When it crosses over into dangerous/violent behavior then I have a problem with it.

I never understood it myself. I played sports in high school and college and never experienced any hazing. In college I think people pretty much figured that if you survived the practices, you “belonged.”

The whole concept of hazing, and why it’s supposed to be fun or useful or a good idea, has always been extremely baffling to me.

Maybe this is one reason why I’m a nerd, though.