Mike Trout, Instagram
So what do you get arguably the best player in baseball, Mike Trout, a six-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP, for his 26th birthday if you are his Los Angeles Angels teammates?
Well, you sing happy birthday to him, of course. Oh, and you also have him sit in the shower in the locker room and dump all sorts of nasty stuff all over him while you do it.
Let’s see if we can pick out all the crazy stuff Trout is still probably cleaning out of his ears today. I see what appears to be baby oil, a Blue Icee, some raw eggs, coffee creamer, baby powder, dish soap, Frosted Flakes, something that looks like confetti and of course, a bucket of (probably ice cold) water.
That looked…fun? Probably not as fun as getting his 1,000th hit and a home run on Monday, the fourth homer he has hit on his birthday in his MLB career, but he seemed to get a kick out of it nonetheless.
No wonder Peyton Manning says he misses showering with his teammates, huh?