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"Champagne Goggles" Make Baseball Purists Groan

Source: The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Nov 03, 2009

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NEW YORK — When the New York Yankees clinched their spot in the World Series last week, the casual TV viewer might have wondered if they were about to go swim the 200-meter butterfly with Michael Phelps.

Call it a fashion statement for the very rich and very happy: There they were, stars like CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and Johnny Damon, sporting swim goggles to protect their eyes from the victory Champagne being poured, squirted and sprayed amid the post-game revelry.

It's become a more familiar sight in the past few years in the locker rooms of baseball's top teams. And some die-hard fans aren't too happy.

Sure, they say, it's important to preserve those valuable eyes. But the eyewear sure looks a little goofy, doesn't it? And more importantly, it suggests a broader problem, these fans say: Post-game celebrations have become too predictable, with all that unspontaneous Champagne-pouring.

"I guess it was funny when they first poured Champagne on somebody, but it's just too prepared, too scripted now," says Matt O'Donnell, a high school history teacher and

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