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Swisher and Bradley handshake

Does anyone have a video of Swisher and Milton doing their homerun handshake?

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I am trying to explain it to a friend of mine, but a video would be so much easier to show him.

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But I could send my kids over.  They practice it daily and keep telling me that I'm doing it wrong (it's three shakes down and one up...or not)

by indigo on Sep 4, 2006 10:19 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or as my son corrects me...
Three slaps, two shakes, one all-hands-up.  Or something like that.

by indigo on Sep 4, 2006 11:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought
It was 3 slaps of the hands, and on that last slap the hands lock and then they do that shake thing while they stomp/hop their right foot 3 times.

by Kaiser99 on Sep 4, 2006 10:30 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

new handshake for me and my friends...
sweet
"The are only two places in this league. First place and no place." -Tom Seaver

by greekpride08 on Sep 4, 2006 10:53 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, ah-hem, well...errhhh
"don't call us we'll call you."

But I thought I did well in the interview and you said I'd probably get the job?

"Sir, it's that, that, handshake after the interview that changed our mind."

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...and in 2006 don't make me sick.

by ak_A on Sep 5, 2006 8:06 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If you go to the A's
Top Plays Archive -- 8/28/06 Red Sox @ Oakland -- Swish's 28th Homer -- 28 seconds in -- is video of THE handshake. That's all I got.
"Mom, when he said his name, my spine froze."

by Jennifer on Sep 5, 2006 8:19 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's pretty much it.
except the camera only showed like two slaps of the hand when there is really three. Three of each I believe?
Billy Beane is the only man I can TRULY count on!

by KotsaysGirl21 on Sep 5, 2006 11:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jen, I saw it.
The camera angle was bad.
Macha is a great manager. -Ron Washington

by pachydermOAFC on Sep 5, 2006 10:08 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

here's the video...
milton and swisher call it "all aboard"... just think of the pumping motion as pulling on a train whistle and it makes sense!

nick and i talk about it (about halfway through this segment):
Quicktime | Windows Media

by brodiebrazil on Sep 5, 2006 4:45 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awwww, thanks!
You're a gem, Brodie!

I think Dirk Nowitzki has a similar routine with the hair.  

"If I'm on, they're probably going to have a not-so-good day." --Zito

by BlondeBomber on Sep 5, 2006 5:10 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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