MLB's new hazing rule bans players from dressing up like women

It’s all fun and games...until it’s not. The MLB introduced an anti-hazing and anti-bullying policy addressing a years-long practice of forcing rookies to dress up in costumes as a hazing ritual. Over the years, players’ costumes have included all sorts of female roles like Wonder Woman, Hooters waitresses, or members of the U.S women’s gymnastics team. But no more. According to the new policy, there will be no “requiring, coercing or encouraging” players “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.”