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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio is looking forward to more champagne-soaked clubhouse celebrations, even if he still isn’t old enough to partake fully.
When the Brewers sealed the NL Central title, the 20-year-old Chourio found a collection of non-alcoholic drinks inside a stroller in front of his locker. The Baltimore Orioles provided a similar setup for their own 20-year-old rookie — Jackson Holliday — for their playoff-clinching celebration by giving him a package featuring bottled water, baby bottles, a child’s jersey and pages of coloring books with drawings of the Orioles mascot.
Chourio had no problem with the gag gift as he savored the festive locker-room atmosphere.
“I hope there’s more to come,” Chourio said through a translator.
