Mets rookies dress up as bride and bridal party

It was Rookie Dress Up Day for many MLB teams Sunday and, with LaTroy Hawkins in charge as the designated best man, the Mets rookies had to dress up as a bridal party in purple dresses for the trip to Cincinnati. Zack Wheeler earned the honor of being the bride.

Bridezillas beware.

The bride for #Mets 2013 Rookie dress up. @Wheelerpro45 pic.twitter.com/s5VohN8KOZ
— LaTroy Hawkins (@LaTroyHawkins32) September 22, 2013

LaTroy Hawkins takes comebacker to the... you know where

You think you had a bad day at work? Check out what happened to Mets reliever LaTroy Hawkins. That's right, it hit him exactly where you think it did. And to make matters worse, Hawkins gave up a game-tying, two-run homer after taking the “direct hit” on a comebacker to his groin.

The veteran righthander said he was not wearing a protective cup and said it felt like he was “kicked by a mule” when the Dodgers' Jerry Hairston Jr. one-hopped the ball to his boys. Three pitches later, pinch-hitter Andre Ethier hit an opposite-field blast to tie the game at 4.

Hawkins got out of the inning, but limped off the field and was in severe pain after the game.

At least the fans in the background felt his pain.