I finally got a chance earlier today to see Santana's handshake run from yesterdays game, which you can see on Metsblog here. At first, it was really funny. He has a unique, complex handshake for every player on the Mets. After I got over how funny it was, I then realized how important it was. First, it establishes his dominance as a leader on the mound, in the clubhouse and for pitchers and hitters. Second, it reaffirms the actions of Jose Reyes and Krod, and gives out entire team a lot swagger on the field. If we play with that swagger, that confidence, then we will be a much better team on the field.
Now to things I don't like. I don't like blackouts. And I have a new reason to not like them. On Saturday the Mets will be playing the Marlins at 6. The game had to be moved up an hour to account for a Flo Rida concert afterwards. The problem is fox has an exclusive contract to show baseball games between 4 and 7. In other words no other channel can show a game during that time. That type of Captialism on sterioids is really hurting baseball. When a TV company can block out games that cannot be provided in any other way, thats just ridiculous. I give this a 0% chance of a difference being made about this before the game on Saturday night.
