Mike Trout, a highly-touted outfield prospect from the Los Angeles Angels, recently broke an unwritten rule during team exercises. For that, his phone bill will pay accordingly. According to Off Base Percentage, Trout spoke out of turn during one of Mike Scioscia’s team building exercises. Pitcher Jered Weaver was reportedly offended and decided to play a prank on Trout to teach him a lesson.
Weaver — or some other teammate if the pitcher is being falsely accused — arranged for Trout’s cell phone number to be plastered on the scoreboard at Temple Diablo Stadium at various points throughout the game. Lucky for the 19-year-old, there were only 2,822 people on hand to watch the spring training game between the Angels and A’s. Still, teammate Joel Pineiro said his phone was “blowing up” in his locker during the game.
We’ve seen plenty of baseball pranks before, but this one seems like more of a nuisance than a practical joke. Rather than thinking to himself, “haha you got me,” Trout has to be thinking, “great, now I have to get a new cell phone number and let everyone know about it.” That being said, I doubt he’ll ever speak out of turn again during one of his manager’s team building exercises.
