When the 2020 MLB season (hopefully) begins, new health and safety protocols will be in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's not yet clear exactly what the protocols will be, but with high-fives and fist bumps likely to be forbidden, how will walk-off celebrations look?
The Mets made an art form out of walk-offs last season, with the player responsible for the game-winner getting his jersey ripped off. The celebrations also featured players dousing one another with water and food, and Dominic Smith using his scooter to take part while he was recovering from a foot injury.
Asked during the latest Cookie Club presented by Insomnia Cookies what celebrations could look like in 2020, Smith had some ideas in mind.
"I think I'm gonna get a 10-foot selfie stick, that has a claw at the end. And I can just grab whoever's jersey I want and just rip it off like that," Smith said. "We're following all the guidelines, people are having fun. We can take pictures that way, put the phone on the end. And everybody's safe, so we're gonna figure it out. We gotta get jerseys off somehow this season."
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