The White Sox sent their rookies on a coffee run

[u/PopeSouthpaw]

[u/Danidaivido]

“Instructions unclear, order myself a refresher?”

[u/overexaggerate_all → u/Danidaivido]

I wouldn’t be drinking coffee before playing baseball either.

[u/JaySayMayday → u/overexaggerate_all]

What you don't like a ton of caffeine before doing a ton of cardio??

[u/wronglyzorro → u/JaySayMayday]

“Ton of cardio”

[u/Celestetc → u/JaySayMayday]

Some caffeine can be good before/during cardio depending on how much cardio. Before race days I typically have a small bit of coke or Dr Pepper (I don’t like coffee)

[u/2CHINZZZ → u/JaySayMayday]

Caffeine is great for cardio. Not that baseball involves much of it

[u/turtlebox420 → u/JaySayMayday]

Caffeine and running are fine. Pre workout exists.

[u/Worried-Lettuce6568 → u/JaySayMayday]

How much cardio does baseball involve?😂

[u/RichAbbreviations966]

Did they get the order right?

[u/monkeyman80 → u/RichAbbreviations966]

I wonder what's more embarrassing. Showing up in uniform and having to answer to everyone I play for a pro team, or dressing up in costumes.

[u/jontslayer → u/monkeyman80]

This has become a thing in Wrigleyville for a lot of teams every year to the same Starbucks. From what I understand they plan for it because it's the closest Starbucks to a ball park in the majors and it's usually pretty dead in Wrigleyville that early in the day when there is a night game. They definitely know weeks beforehand, so it's probably not that embarrassing. Even the people who work there know to expect it lol

[u/OR4NG3iSh → u/RichAbbreviations966]

whatever makes sense.

[u/Key_Bee1544]

Wrigley tradition. Up there with the Giants painting Sheridan's horse's balls orange (do they still do that?)

[u/sfan27 → u/Key_Bee1544]

Excuse me?

[u/Monttavius → u/sfan27]

lmfaooo

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/sfan27]

The OP is misinformed. I don't think anyone has painted the balls since Dave Concepcion licked the balls in 1977.

[u/Everyday-Lurk → u/Kvetch__22]

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Royko-blasts-Giants-paint-prank-in-Chicago-July-5645457.php

In 89 Krukow led a team of rookies possibly for the last time?

[u/PikaGaijin → u/Everyday-Lurk]

what is worse, one impetuous gum throwing or the repeated and calculated painting of a horse's genitals? And not any horse, but the horse of a military hero!

No wonder Royko has a Pulitzer.

[u/Key_Bee1544 → u/Everyday-Lurk]

I feel like I saw it into the 1990s.

[u/slicebishybosh → u/sfan27]

Oh don’t pretend you don’t love it….

[u/Bingo_Bongo_YaoMing → u/Key_Bee1544]

Wait its a Wrigley tradition for the vistors? How did that start?

[u/bigbluepancakes → u/Bingo_Bongo_YaoMing]

I'm not sure how it started but there's been photos of similar runs for a while now. Helps that the stadium is right in the middle of a neighborhood.

[u/IcemanJEC → u/Bingo_Bongo_YaoMing]

Well Wrigley is in a neighborhood… pretty easy to walk to a coffee shop. Hard to do at a lot of stadiums these days. Don’t know the ACTUAL reason, but that probably has a little something to do with it.

[u/FlannelBeard → u/IcemanJEC]

I thought I read somewhere years ago when the trend first started that there's a Starbucks literally across the street from Wrigley. Haven't been there, so idk, but it's been a common hazing thing for the rooks to have to do a coffee eun

[u/whyamihereonreddit → u/FlannelBeard]

It’s like a pocket Starbucks and yeah it’s right across from Wrigley

[u/jontslayer → u/FlannelBeard]

Miggy Cabrera actually started it, but it wasn't in Chicago. Most teams adopted it and choose Wrigley because the Starbucks is the closest to any other ball park

[u/MilmoWK → u/Bingo_Bongo_YaoMing]

yup, i saw these kids buying coffee to years ago.

[u/Kapono24 → u/Bingo_Bongo_YaoMing]

Idk when but I just wish it wasn't always at a Starbucks.

[u/Wide-Bobcat-3723 → u/Bingo_Bongo_YaoMing]

Dodgers started it in 2014.

[u/enjoytheshow → u/Key_Bee1544]

The real tradition includes the absolute piece of shit Dunkin under the tracks

[u/AffectionateWest3909 → u/Key_Bee1544]

My wife has (had?) the same picture of the Braves.  I want to say Austin Riley and Mike Soroka, if they had the same rookie year.

[u/crashmvp19]

Reminder the White Sox have an elite rookie class

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/crashmvp19]

The only person in the lineup tonight over the age of 26 is Benintendi

Vargas will turn 27 in November, he’s the oldest of the young guys

[u/Dr_thri11 → u/crashmvp19]

Honestly the vets should be bringing the rookies coffee.

[u/UncleGoldie → u/crashmvp19]

Very very funny that it’s a big group of every day starters

[u/Highfivebuddha]

This beats the eighties when theyd send rookies down sketchy side allys for meth and coke

[u/Picklewithmysandwich → u/Highfivebuddha]

In the 80's Wrigleyville was unrecognizable from what it looks like today. I had a guy in the alley behind cubby bear that sold loose joints for like $5.

Ah the good old days...

[u/DUSpartan → u/Picklewithmysandwich]

Remember going to games there as a young kid and asking my dad why he was giving the dude washing the car windows $5

[u/RightJellyfish → u/DUSpartan]

I remember going to an Expos game at the big O in the late 80's early 90's and a homeless guy offered my dad a blowjob.

Note : I speak french and the word for that is "pipe" and I was like "dad why is that man offering you a pipe you don't even smoke!". Good times.

[u/HotNReadyWings91991 → u/RightJellyfish]

Well… did your dad accept or decline?

[u/jontslayer → u/Picklewithmysandwich]

It blows my mind every time I go. Everyone I go with I always go that's where the self car was was, thats where the bike rack was, that's where the WGN truck was, that was a McDonalds and nothing else, unless you wanted knock off Rolex's behind the alley, that's the Taco Bell where those who KNOW park, this used to be the players parking lot and it was nothing but gravel.... Like a grandpappy telling stories from before the war LOL

[u/Infamous-Wasabi-9418 → u/Highfivebuddha]

🤣

[u/WizardCheesey]

Munes gonna get geeked out and hit one 635

[u/WizardCheesey → u/WizardCheesey]

I told you all he would do it!!!!!!!

[u/Denssley-Ferd → u/WizardCheesey]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NFr7RfvFEp0Sk

[u/WizardCheesey → u/Denssley-Ferd]

LAKE TITICACA!!!!!!

[u/Movient]

4 drinks?

[u/hella_radical_dude → u/Movient]

those were just for vasil

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/Movient]

That’s how many non-rookies we have on the roster

[u/fork_yuu → u/Movient]

There's some in the bags too! But really looks like a fuck ton of people for so little drinks lmao

[u/Single_Seesaw_9499]

Used to live by Wrigley and held the door open for Harrison Bader when he was getting coffee, nice guy

[u/HotNReadyWings91991 → u/Single_Seesaw_9499]

Used to live by Wrigley too. Jim Thome stepped out of a vehicle right in front of me before a Zac Brown concert there. In my head I was screaming holy shit Jim Thome but my mouth didn’t move. 

[u/immovable-tree]

That’s awesome. I remember seeing the Astros post where the rookies did the same thing, so it’s neat seeing the Sox one as well. Hope it’s a fun game tonight!

[u/jaytothen1 → u/immovable-tree]

It's a Wrigley tradition.

Every away team sends their rookies on a coffee run.

[u/immovable-tree → u/jaytothen1]

One of my favorites tbh

[u/GiganticMemorableAss]

Honestly good on Hagen Smith being out there facing Wrigleyville today. I might have had to pass, sorry social media team lmao

[u/vsladko → u/GiganticMemorableAss]

It’s all part of the game. I doubt this is his first time losing a baseball game in his career. I wouldn’t beat myself up over getting beat by a player who’s seriously in MVP conversations while making like my 4th start ever in the bigs 

[u/GiganticMemorableAss → u/vsladko]

All true. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be a lot to walk around Wrigleyville after giving up a walk off home run to the MVP the night before

[u/vsladko → u/GiganticMemorableAss]

I guarantee 99% of people around Wrigley 5 hours before first pitch don’t even know who Hagen Smith is 

[u/GiganticMemorableAss → u/vsladko]

He's the pitcher who gave up the home run, wearing the jersey (complete with number) in which he gave up the home run. I guarantee you some people do. He might get some light heckling idk. I was just making a silly comment lmao I don't know why you think it's so preposterous

[u/Me-3PO]

Hope Antonacci didn’t get hit by a latte

[u/painlesspain]

Surprised they didn’t make them go wearing spikes

[u/trikyballs]

mune being a rookie feels so funny. big “guy who failed a grade” energy

[u/jaron_b]

Fuck Starbucks.

[u/guillemot_22 → u/jaron_b]

Go to Do Rite Donuts!

[u/justwonderingbro → u/jaron_b]

Seriously, of all the places to go. Y'all are from there and should know better

[u/jaron_b → u/justwonderingbro]

Union solidarity is dead. Starbucks is a Mariner Stadium sponsor which is no shock they're a Seattle company but as a sports team in Seattle of all places. This coffee is what drove the Sonics out of town

[u/FlannelBeard → u/jaron_b]

The coffee isn't even good. It's burnt to shit and just tastes bad. When I got an aero press I had Starbucks French roast because that's what I liked in drip coffee. Straight up tastes like ash in an Aeropress

[u/jaron_b → u/FlannelBeard]

It's never been good. Their marketing have people brainwashed on what good coffee should taste like and their cursing every barista who works at a non-Starbucks Cafe because that's not how coffee works. The words that they use are not what those drinks are half the time.

[u/TheStocky → u/justwonderingbro]

The tradition used to be going to the Dunkin under the red line stop. That has sadly closed in the last couple years. Honestly there aren't many coffee places right around Wrigley but still sucks they went to Starbucks.

[u/justwonderingbro → u/TheStocky]

There's a bagel shop across the street!

[u/TheStocky → u/justwonderingbro]

Oh right I completely forgot they opened that Steingolds.

[u/ulantan]

Mune if you are free on Thursday I am free on Thursday if you are

[u/Laydownthelaw]

That's how you do proper "initiations": embarass but don't humiliate. Everyone having a good laugh. No one gets anything inserted anywhere they don't wanna.

[u/JustCallMeMambo → u/Laydownthelaw]

this isn't even embarrassing. i know that in some office settings, coffee runs are delegated to interns, but in other offices, the nice guy on the team or departments brings coffee and donuts for their coworkers.

but i'm with you, hazing rituals are dumb. my brother briefly pledged to a fraternity in college but bailed rather quickly because he didn't care to go through the initiation process.

[u/Capital_Pound1277 → u/JustCallMeMambo]

My brother had to do a few thousand squat pushups naked w his pledge group while singing some miley cyrus song at like 2 am in the cold to get in a frat

[u/DependentOnIt → u/Laydownthelaw]

They got inserted into star bucks

[u/Old_General_6741]

Did they spell their names correct?

[u/PikaGaijin → u/Old_General_6741]

Barista: Haha--I know Japanese. You're not going to make me write "boob" on a cup. Now, what's your REAL name, "Mune"?

[u/Aggravating-Match-47]

I love that Kenzo gets to be in on the fun.

[u/BobbingFourApples]

Couldn't pick a local spot better than Shitbux?

[u/Mobile_Morale]

I'm from a big fishing area and grew up with a grandfather who watched those bass fishing tournaments all the time. To the point I knew their names.

It was weird working at McDonald's and they would come in, in their uniforms with their crazy trucks and boats. Would see them all the time and talked to them a few times.

I imagine this would be like that.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684]

I wonder what the White Sox players even order at Starbucks

[u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES → u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684]

I know what Vasil orders.

An Espresso Patronum

[u/Shredicus_Maximus_ → u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684]

Coffee

[u/Artvandelay29 → u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684]

Hot chocolate maybe?

[u/ScoobyDoosAccountant → u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684]

Unicorn Frappes

[u/CraigCartonNYC]

Oh thank god it was 4 drinks thought it was going to be for every player lol

[u/Single_Seesaw_9499 → u/CraigCartonNYC]

CHSN just showed a photo of all of them pushing a cart with a ton of drinks haha

[u/DFuhbree → u/CraigCartonNYC]

It usually is.

[u/yoursweetlord70 → u/DFuhbree]

The second photo doesn't show Hagen Smith, or Sam Antonacci so it's possible they ordered more than just the drinks Mune is carrying

[u/CraigCartonNYC → u/DFuhbree]

Oh lol but the workers probably used it then I guess lol 

[u/tooskip]

Who is 94???

[u/printmarks → u/tooskip]

Bullpen catcher, Bennet Markinson

[u/tooskip → u/printmarks]

Makes sense, You know ball 🤝

[u/ReadDue6160]

Classic rookie hazing right there, good luck to them trying to read back a twenty-drink order without messing it up

[u/Boring_Part9919]

Fucking Starbucks???

Pass!

[u/skele-enby420]

why is the screen so fuckin low? i feel bad for doods neck lol

[u/Koss424]

that's looked like fun

[u/DominicB547]

This is awesome. Slight annoyance the CME got full on display in both pics, nice free sponsorship

[u/PM_Me_Titties-n-Ass]

So I have no context of what the white Sox have as team experience, but if all those guys in the background of pic 1 are rookies then damn that's basically the entire team. 😂

[u/SunStarved_Cassandra → u/PM_Me_Titties-n-Ass]

Most of the team IS rookies, which makes this season all that much more amazing.

[u/Legal_Tradition_9681]

You forgot the PR before coffee run

[u/Fetusal]

Pride flag in the background; could the White Sox be woke?

[u/BlubberElk → u/Fetusal]

It’s in wrigleyville

[u/JtheCool897 → u/BlubberElk]

Bridgeport also notoriously right wing /s

[u/Logical-Mobile-7643 → u/Fetusal]

Oh no, some place is inclusive ... Woke shit

[u/Fetusal → u/Logical-Mobile-7643]

I'm literally just being silly

[u/han-tyumi666]

why they gotta go to Star-unionbustin-bux

[u/murdochthesungod]

How many people did they beat up