MLB clubhouse etiquette

Don't forget to grind it in with your heel.

 

Make sure to comment on the size of their unit, comparing it to their nearest locker neighbor, or to your own. That's always a good ice-breaker.

 

I did that. I sat on a guy's clubhouse chair while interviewing my guy who had his head down by his shoes. Fucker was pissed. I felt bad. Then he got cut and I've never heard anything about him since. So much for being that organization's minor league player of the year.

 

This isn't clubhouse but generally you don't want to try to talk to players/coaches/the manager during BP. If you're tight with them and they're clearly just standing around, maybe...but generally it's safest to let them get their work in, watch their players take BP, whatever, and get them after they come off the field.

Also, I wouldn't try to interview to the players while they're sitting on that precious clubhouse furniture. If they're watching TV on the couch with other players, wait until they get up and go back to their locker to interview them.

 

what about cleaning your unit free of spunk with a player's uni? teams, players good with that?

 

To break the ice, you can also talk about how good of a player you were in high school.

Then, run down all your memorable highlights from your senior year.

 

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I should clarify ... if you're 1-on-1'ing, some places its acceptable to sit in an unoccupied at a connecting locker, but make sure you get up when Bobby Big-hitter comes back for his seat.