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Take it with a grain of salt. But I just don't think this is something a guy who is a team leader should be doing constantly.

Agree to disagree. It just seems trivial to complain about a pie to the face after a game. There are other things to complain about. Like how the pitching and hitting can't get it together at the same.

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It's 25 guys who are with each other day in and day out. Who knows what goes on in the clubhouse. Maybe there is a competition or something to see how many times a person can get pied by the end of the year.

I just think there are other things to complain about. Not a pie to the face.

I think you 're on to something here. The pie business is more a clubhouse ritual than it is for the fans. The whole idea of getting interviewed on TV is something the players see as a joke. I am sure if they had their druthers none of them would want t do it. So the added indignity of getting pied is funny to them. And in a weird way a badge of honor.
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Agree to disagree. It just seems trivial to complain about a pie to the face after a game. There are other things to complain about. Like how the pitching and hitting can't get it together at the same.

I just think it is overdone. Walk offs and the like are fine. But on normal wins like today it's kind of getting pass

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I have never seen Markakis pied as he is so serious I could see him getting pissed big time. Not sure if Wieters has been pied either. Also have not seen Nelson Cruz pied possibly because he's so damned good they could be doing it several games per week!

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I have never seen Markakis pied as he is so serious I could see him getting pissed big time. Not sure if Wieters has been pied either. Also have not seen Nelson Cruz pied possibly because he's so damned good they could be doing it several games per week!

There are a couple of vets (Markakis, Hardy) who requested not to get pied. That's why.

And I thought Nelson was pied already?

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ShaneDawg85 Hangout Veteran Council

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It's an event for the home crowd as much as it is for the players, hence why they only ever do it at home. It's also good, I think, to recognize the contributions of role and bench players, because lot of times they're the one's that get it absent a walk off or a really clutch hit. I can see some people getting tired of it, but I'm not. And if there's a reason to do it, IE because they won, then I say keep the pies coming.

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