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At Red Sox camp, spring training pingpong games end with painful ritual

Major League Baseball outlawed the longstanding ritual of rookie dress-up day, ruling in the off-season that teams could not engage in activities "requiring, coercing or encouraging players" to dress up as women or in costume.

That doesn't mean major leaguers don't occasionally find the means to mess with one another, especially in the long days of spring training.

The Boston Red Sox invested in a pingpong table for their clubhouse in Fort Myers, and according to MassLive.com, it's been a big hit for players left behind after much of the squad went on a three-day road trip to Florida's east coast.