Some kids in Massachusetts are pushing for the Yankees and Red Sox to shake hands before the game on Opening Day. Steinbrenner and Francona are receptive to the idea, so you have to like the odds of it happening. The Cardinals and Dodgers introduced (or re-introduced) handshakes between opposing baseball teams, and it would be nice to see something permanent coming from Larry Walker's hockey-inspired suggestion.

Actually it's a little weird that baseball doesn't have handshakes at the end of the game or series like virtually every other sport does. Heck, the David Caruso of College Basketball Coaches is embarrassed that his team didn't stay on the court to shake the hands of the Bucknell players.

(This message courtesy of the $#%&-ing 20-minute halftimes CBS "needed" to cover the Gulf War during the NCAA Tournament.)