Thread: Plate Shoes
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Old Mon Apr 09, 2007, 11:19pm
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Originally Posted by blindofficial
Ok stupid question... Get ready.... I'll be waiting for all the smart comments. How many times has it happened where you actually got hit on the foot working behind the plate with the plate shoes on? I hear everyone recommending plate shoes (and I'm getting them), but on average, how many times do you get hit in the foot where your plate shoes protect you? Just curious is all......

1st year ump here....Go easy on me.
ok when i first started working behind the plate i did not wear plate shoes and did fine for four years and the first game of my 5th year and on the first pitch got hit on my left big toe and broke it . heart like hell but i did not dare btell anyone until two days later.bad think.....
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