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These precious old Tigers fans have an elaborate celebratory handshake that will melt your heart

Old Tigers fans show off secret handshake after hit

Baseball's a fundamentally joyful game. The crack of the bat, the sound of the ball hitting the glove -- it has a way of making everyone feel like a kid again, harkening back to a time when everything was simple and wearing a bubble gum bucket on your head was applauded. 

Exhibit A: Friday night's White Sox-Tigers game, where two elder Detroit fans took Yoenis Cespedes' RBI triple as an opportunity to bust out their remarkably intricate secret handshake -- and to prove that no, you can never be too old for this:

Old fan handshake

We can only hope this will inspire baseball's 65 and over crowd to come up with ever more convoluted celebrations. Human pyramid, maybe? 

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