Now don’t get the wrong idea here and think for a second that I’m about to buy into the hype and start posting wonderful tales about Reds prospect Jay Bruce, who can supposedly hit home runs one-handed, and throw balls so hard the whizz makes girls skirts go up. No, I’m just a fan of baseball pranks, and this certainly was a good one. The Enquirer has the details:
Dunn’s most elaborate prank happened Monday. Copies of the “Reds Report,” with Bruce on the cover, arrived in the clubhouse.
The headline next to Bruce’s photo was “The Next Big Thing.”
Dunn had Bruce sign copies for a number of people, including manager Dusty Baker.
Dunn then made Bruce deliver the copy to Baker and ask him if he knew Bruce was the next big thing.
“He came in here all shy,” Baker said. “ ‘It wasn’t my idea. It really wasn’t, Mr. Baker.’ I said, ‘Who’s idea was it?’
“ ‘Adam Dunn.’ ”
“Dunn came by later. I asked him whose idea it was.
“Jay’s all the way.’”
That’s a solid prank right there. Most players are uneasy seeing publications with their names and mugs on the cover. So to personalize one for your manager? That really has to stink. I feel bad for the kid. Thought not as bad as I felt for Kyle Kendrick. That could go down as possibly the greatest prank ever, probably because it was documented on video. If you still haven’t seen it, you must, just keep reading.
Doesn’t get any better than that.
