MLB: The Handshake
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2020463
News broke today that a group of school kids want the Yanks and Sox to shake hands before their opening day game.
A lot of people, including those so-called "purists" that like to pop up here and there, are against this. I, for one, am not. I'm all for it.
What bad could possibly come out of this? OK, so Varitek and A-Rod exchange dirty looks. Big deal. When it's all said and done, baseball players are just gifted but overpaid human beings (and would I take that job in a heartbeat? You bet).
Could you imagine post-game handshakes in MLB? It would be terrific, even if it ended in catastrophe. More so if it ended in catastrophe, in fact. Think about that second baseman who was leveled by Albert Belle. Think about a guy who got drilled in the back by a pitcher 40 pounds lighter than him? The more forced interactions, the better. They should even make the guys who hit the showers early come back out in their street clothes, just to be fair. They could even hold drawings to let fans get in the line ("Great news, honey, on May 7th I get to be sucker-punched by Tanyon Sturtze!").
In my softball career, I've said some pretty nasty things to unibrowed chum-swilling goliaths twice my size, and yet the handshakes go off without a hitch, and everybody drinks their share after the game. If those cro-magnons can understand it, big leaguers can too.
Fine, if you don't like the idea, try it for a year. Try it out in the minors, who cares, just do it. Sometimes those young'uns aren't so dumb afterall.
And one final note on spring training-- isn't it nice to see Julio Franco (age: 63) still hitting homeruns? What a game.
posted by BJC @ 2:53 PM
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