Shin guards in the field?

[DryHeat]

Back in 12u, DD was pitching for a teammate during batting lessons (they traded off). Apparently the lesson took. She took a comebacker square on the shin. No break, but massive bruise and swelling and hard to walk for a couple days.

Two months ago she got cleated about mid-shin. The scars are still very evident. Two bite marks and a long drag mark from one of them. She could care less what it looks like.

 

[soxtroy@yahoo.com]

How about these bad boys? 1st year Summer Allstars wearing soccer cleats. We weren't quite committed to this Softball thing. Other girls wore these. Assuming it's protection when and if they slid into bases.


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Flashback!

 

[radness]

Styling, Anna when she was 11. I used to tell her if she didn’t throw the ball over the middle of the plate she wouldn’t have to wear them!
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Like to share I really like that picture.
Great seeing young athletes putting everything into what they're doing.
Every muscle has a purpose in that picture, think it's awesome!

 

[ANNASDAD]

Like to share I really like that picture.
Great seeing young athletes putting everything into what they're doing.
Every muscle has a purpose in that picture, think it's awesome!

Well thank you! Since I was pretty much always on a base or in the dugout I really missed out on years of photos! This one has always been one of my favorites. And....it was the very first tournament we ever won in TB. This was a church / rec team that decided to give TB a shot, we got our teeth kicked in for a couple of months until we figured it out. It was as new to us coaches as it was to the girls, we ALL worked hard! We actually won a ASA World Series that first year! Anna had just turned 11 in this pic.