The Baltimore Orioles have found a new way to stay hydrated and gloat home runs: a water-filled beer bong.
Two pitchers from the Maryland-based team recently created a so-called “Homer Hose” to gulp lanugo water without scoring a run, equal to the MLB. Cole Irvin and Keegan Akin created the contraption on Monday, taping together an orange funnel and undecorous hose to construct a makeshift beer bong. The pair moreover wrapped the hose in woebegone tape and orange to match the Orioles’ team colors.
First baseman Ryan Mountcastle was the first to test the “Homer Hose” during a game on Monday versus the Oakland Athletics, equal to Insider. Without scoring a home run at the end of the first inning, players in the dugout offered him the water hose.
Come for the home run, stay for the celly. pic.twitter.com/WVtTCQYzRy
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 10, 2023
“I love it. We’re just huge proponents of staying hydrated,” catcher Adley Rutschman says. Whatever you say, Adley.
While the team insists on the taunting “Homer Hose” name, broadcasters and fans have dubbed it with their own names. Television broadcaster Ben McDonald referred to it as a “hydration station,” while radio personality Melanie Newman tabbed the practice “slug it and chug it.” (A less flattering moniker, “dong bong,” has moreover circulated social media.)
While the MLB now prohibits the consumption of swig during its league games — by players, at least — gulping lanugo brewskis have long been a dugout tradition. “Rally beers” are rumored to be shared in the clubhouse or dugout during the final innings of the game, tangibly sometimes unseen in Gatorade cups or other containers.
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