Ok I have a question....hockey is supposedly a barbarian support to some u ask, yet after EVERY game all the players from each team shake hands. Yet baseball, MUCH more tamer, they no longer shake the other teams hands....only their own? Why is that? They used to shake hands in baseball, not anymore tho.
2007-10-28 17:40:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Hockey does it on all levels, not just the NHL.
It's a great tradition and act of sportsmenship.
2007-10-29 00:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by pricehillsaint 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll assume you are talking about the pros.
Basically, tradition. Hockey players do it after a Stanley Cup series is over. That's been going on forever. I don't recall it happening in baseball. There have been informal gatherings in football on all levels after games.
Now, in local softball, teams usually shake hands afterwards. Same sort of tradition. Might go on in hockey.
2007-10-28 18:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that they play 162 games a year and that is just too many hand shakes.
2007-10-28 17:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋