Just got home from watching the Indians hit four homers, two triples and three doubles...and still lose to the White Sox. It's still all about pitching, isn't it? We were five minutes late getting into Jacobs Field and it was 4-0 before our seats were warm. All hope is now gone for the team's chances to win the division, so these last 33 games are just for the growth of our young players. My 80-win prediction from March isn't looking too bad right about now.
Some time ago I had wondered about all the different complicated handshakes I had observed in the Indians dugout, and suggested that some beat writer for the team investigate for us inquiring minds.
I did read later that Victor Martinez was behind the handshake deal, and that he had different handshakes for different players. What I didn't know is that he has 24 of them, one for each teammate. It took a national writer to get to the bottom of it in a nice tribute to a budding star.
Posted by dan at August 27, 2004 12:47 AM