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On Sunday September 16, 2007 The Boston Red Sox bought a few costumes to play a practical joke on Red Sox rookies. Where did they buy the costumes? Boston Costume! (now located at The Garment District). Details below:

From The Boston Globe - September 18, 2007 By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff

Daisuke Matsuzaka shared some laughs with Japanese reporters regarding his dressing as a Teletubby as part of the team's hazing of rookies Sunday night. The newcomers were all decked out, including Jacoby Ellsbury , who was outfitted as Little Red Riding Hood. "I didn't think there was much that could make me laugh last night, but there was," Francona said. "Watching Daisuke going through the security, it was hard not to laugh. Just sitting back there in the back - players always go first - and I'm looking at Daisuke and I'm thinking, 'Somebody wrote a check for $102 million and he's going through the line as a rodent?' And he was so funny about it. He would, like, get somebody's attention, you could see he was having a hard time not laughing. Like, he looked like he was half-embarrassed. He was funny. And the way guys handle those types of nights help the team."

Diasuke and Okajima photo by AP (from Boston Herald Article)

From The Boston Herald - By Rob Bradford / Red Sox Notebook | Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Francona noted that despite the loss to the Yankees Sunday night, the early-morning flight to Toronto was "a good one" because of the light-hearted nature that came with dressing up the rookies in various costumes.

The sight of Matsuzaka going through security in a Teletubbies outfit was particularly amusing, said the manager. It was a sign, noted Francona, that the hurler "gets it."

"Somebody wrote a check for $102 million," Francona said, "and (Matsuzaka) is going through the line as a rodent."