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The Grinch Who Stole Sportsmanship
2004-10-18 22:36
by Jon Weisman

Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune checks in with curmudgeonly Bob Watson:

Major League Baseball isn't in the business of telling its players how to react after games, but officials are discouraging teams from shaking hands on the field after postseason series, as the Cardinals and Dodgers did last weekend in Los Angeles.

"I don't like it," MLB disciplinarian Bob Watson said. "We do it at the Olympic level, but we play 162 games and (players) are not going to shake hands. Go ask Nolan Ryan if he's going to shake their hands after they beat you. We play a different game. They do it in hockey (in the playoffs), but that's a tradition.

"More times than not, after big series, teams go behind the scenes. They come by your clubhouse and say `Way to go.' But not in front of 50,000 people."

Baseball has a rule against fraternization between opposing players on the field before and after games, but it's seldom if ever enforced.

Thanks to Dodger Thoughts reader I'm So Blue for the link.

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