When Did the "Cute Backpack" Thing Become a Baseball Trend?

"Fu-Te Ni is stuck with the team's High School Musical backpack, as he's the reliever with the fewest Major League innings under his belt."

-- From Adam Loberstein's notebook at Tigers.com

almost 3 years ago Ian Casselberry 18 comments 0 recs |

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blue glove, high school musical backpack….the man is becoming quite the fashion plate.

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by ahtrap on Jul 1, 2009 2:02 PM EDT reply actions

I thought he had a red glove?

by ZWC11 on Jul 1, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

He did for the Mudhens, he switched to blue when he came up

by VegasTigers on Jul 1, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I think you're backwards

Blue for the Hens, red for the Tigers.

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by Kurt Mensching on Jul 1, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

That's dumb...

They should make the pitcher with the most walks carry the bag.

by Poopmonkey on Jul 1, 2009 2:19 PM EDT reply actions

could be worse

Hello Kitty or My Little Pony or something … !

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by Kurt Mensching on Jul 1, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions

Gotta see a photo of that!

by VegasTigers on Jul 1, 2009 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

I hit up flickr to see if I could find any pics with no luck but there is tons of evidence of other team’s rookie backpacks..

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rookie%20backpack&w=all

pretty amusing. I don’t recall seeing anyone carrying the high school musical one last weekend in Houston, though.

by allikazoo on Jul 1, 2009 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

I thought I remembered they were always "pink"

by VegasTigers on Jul 1, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah the majority seem to be.

I wonder if the HS musical one has zac efron’s face all over it. that would be sweet.

by allikazoo on Jul 1, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

was college friends with Matt Daley, who now pitches for the Rockes. He and a few friends went to see LA vs. Colorado at Dodger Stadium the other night, and he took a picture of Daley’s sexy warmup bag:

What’s worse, HS Musical or Dora the Explorer?

"Do not cheat your team or your teammates. Know your plays. Block. Protect. Add to what we are trying to do."
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by LVS on Jul 1, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

by wepri31 on Jul 1, 2009 2:54 PM EDT reply actions

Typical rookie hazing ploy...

Ni should consider himself lucky. Most other rookie relievers get saddled with Barbie or Disney Princess backpacks. I wonder what they do when there are no rookies on the pitching staff.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 1, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

Another national reporter who doesn't follow the Tigers

Loberstein, reporting on Robertson’s successful surgery:

if everything goes well, should be back in the Tigers rotation by the end of the regular season.

I doubt that is the Tigers’ plan . . .

by rea on Jul 1, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

the snackpack ain't a new concept

But there you go. (not my shot)

by Roar of the Tigers on Jul 1, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions

wrong guy is wearing it.

Give it to Zumaya until he stops walking people and giving up home runs in key situations.

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by Kurt Mensching on Jul 1, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

this was before ni got called up

but if the plan is to humiliate Zoom into better pitching, we’re gonna need more than a backpack. Possibly an entire HSM outfit, which should already be floating around baseball, because they were the Red Sox rookie initiation costumes last year.

holy cats why do I know this

by Roar of the Tigers on Jul 2, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions