Instinctively reaching down to catch yourself. I did it on all my pop-up slides but never on a hook slide.

I always held my batting gloves in a fist to prevent jamming my fingers on the base and protect my palms. Brick dust will tear your palms up

To me it was always easier to run so fast you never had to slide

Anyone else notice that Albies with the Braves had a sliding mitten with the end cut out to allow his fingers to extend out the end so he could grab on to the bags as he slid past? I bet this will be a thing now even though there are still going to be some players trying to get the few extra inches from the mitten. Doesn't everybody want to get a few extra inches?

Sissies

Really? Totally legal in the early 80s in high school

Yep that was when I played and it was legal. Some of the guys I played with only knew that way to slide. I didn't do it because that was not the natural way to slide for me. By the time I got through with college and started calling games, it was a no-no. I even saw a few kids get ejected for it. The only leeway the rule allowed as I recall was for diving back to a bag.

Domingo Ayala says Hi

Mittens, sounds like something a kitty would wear.

Pete rose slide takes longer to get to the bag

You must have had a lot of fast teammates then.


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I broke my wrist sliding into 2nd and I have seen several fingers broke from sliding. Sissy or not I understand the mittens or guards.