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Baseball is done with rookie hazing, the 

Or this, all part of the rookie hazing "tradition" in which young players are required on a late-season road trip to travel while wearing outrageous costumes.

The Associated Press says the new collective bargaining agreement   prohibits "requiring, coercing or encouraging" players from "dressing up as women or wearing costumes that may be offensive to individuals based on their race, sex, nationality, age, sexual orientation, gender identify or other characteristic."

Some superhero costumes -- Batman, Superman, or Nick Punto, for example -- will still be allowed.

The new baseball labor deal will be ratified today.

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Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement will ban the 'tradition' in which young players are required on a late-season road trip to travel while wearing outrageous costumes.

Baseball bans rookie hazing

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