White Sox Ban Bottled Water in Dugouts

Many remember Tom Hanks’ oft-quoted classic line from the movie A League of Their Own: “There’s no crying in baseball!” Now, as reported by Ed Price at NJ.com, there’s no water allowed either. Apparently there are signs between the locker rooms and dugouts in the White Sox’ U.S. Cellular Field which read, “NO BOTTLED WATER ON THE BENCH.” The official party line is that Gatorade is MLB’s official drink, and all players are forbidden to swig anything else in the dugout. White Sox management said if the players revolt and take bottled water to the bench, all water will be removed from the clubhouse as “punishment.” There’s a lot I could say about insane corporate sponsorship deals murdering the spirit of American sports, but we’ll just call this one Stupid and leave it at that.