Finger guns are an art form. Anybody can just pew pew to their friends after a big double, but it takes a certain pizzazz to make it interesting.
The draw time, the pews per second, the thrust of your first shot. It all comes together to make something truly special.
If there’s anything the Indians’ finger guns have been missing to this point, it’s raw, rookie excitement. Oscar Mercado looked pretty nervous with his first taste of the finger guns, but he’s not an outwardly anxious guy — at least not on the field. We’ve heard from his post-game interviews that he can occasionally be an emotional mess on the inside who looks to Francisco Lindor as a calming presence, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at him.