After a steal to second, and when the successful stealing runner asks for time to brush himself off, or maybe he was slightly injured on the steal, if 2nd base is covered in a thick pile of dirt, I will kick a little off, usually just the dirt in the base path though.

Some of these older kids have weird ego's which prevents them from taking a few moments to collect themselves and this is a good way to give them a few moments to do so and make it look like I am doing something constructive. Call me a "smitty" if you will, but I have never had a college evaluator ever say a word about it.

A brush out on the bases? Oh my!!!