The 2016 MLB season just started and the Baltimore Orioles have already broken team rules. Sort of.
Over the offseason, the Orioles banned pies to the face as a celebration for safety reasons. Jamming a pie in someone’s face had become tradition for the Orioles after victories, but they resolved to discontinue the process.
So what was the team to do after Matt Wieters delivered a walk-off RBI single to lift the O’s to victory against the Minnesota Twins on Monday?
Adam Jones – 1
Matt Wieters – 0 pic.twitter.com/FQK2cnHWNX— Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) April 5, 2016
Jones hit Wieters with a cake to avoid no-pie rule. "You know, I've lost control of the team again," Buck quipped. #orioles
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) April 5, 2016
You know, Adam, we’re pretty sure it’s not about the consistency of the dessert that’s the issue, but rather the act of smashing something into a teammate’s face that’s a concern.
If the team bans cakes to the face next, we’re fully expecting Jones to come through with a brownie to the face.
