The Cincinnati Reds tore into the brown cardboard boxes like children into Easter baskets.
A shipment of Nerf Rival Guns, machine gun-looking things capable of shooting little foam balls up to 70 mph, had just arrived. It was all of, oh, about two seconds before Yasiel Puig had one in his hands and began roaming the clubhouse, picking off teammates.
Bang! Scooter Gennett was hit.
Uproarious laughter filled the air.
Blam! Vladimir Gutierrez, one of Puig's Cuban countrymen, was nailed.
The unsuspecting Gutierrez, pegged from behind as he sat at his locker, wheeled and looked—what the hell?