Yankees - Red Sox to shake hands before opening day game??

[Qwest]

ESPN Story

As school officials worked to calm the students, they had a radical idea: Why not extend their peacemaking efforts to the big league level?

Their project to get the Red Sox and Yankees to shake hands before the opening-day game April 11 at Fenway Park has since been endorsed by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.

 

[isasir]

Is ARod going to slap away their hands?

 

[T3C]

Good idea

 

[Need4Speed]

you guys will post just about anything in OT huh?

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
you guys will post just about anything in OT huh?

i thought that is what OT is for?

 

[Lorax]

Originally posted by: isasir
Is ARod going to slap away their hands?

haha. a good idea though. kind of like hockey's shake hands after a playoff series tradition.

 

[BigToque]

I think it's a good idea.

No matter what age group you are, when you are at the professional level, everyone looks up to you whether you like it or not. If people are concerned about unsportsmanlike conduct in minor leagues, the improvement needs to start at the top.

I absolutely love that in hockey (in the playoffs) when a series is lost the teams shake hands. It shows above all else that it is a game and it shows respect. Far too many people lose sight of this.

 

[ggnl]

It sounds nice, but there's a big difference between actual respect amongst the players and flowery pre-game show.

Baseball isn't as bad as other sports (basketball immediately comes to mind when I think of spoiled immature athletes) but the players have collectively demonstrated on more than one occasion that $$ is more important than the "spirit of the game".

 

[Phokus]

I would rather see manny ramirez take a bat to a-rod's skull

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: isasir
Is ARod going to slap away their hands?

bwahahahah.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

imo respect is shown on the field and we dont need anymore of this fluffy bs time wasting PC sht. get on the diamond and play ball! they arent out there to make friends, they are out there to win!