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Originally Posted by chapmaja
Actually it could have been a big deal. Had a player slide in and kicked the base out of position, he/she could have cut their leg on the metal anchor the baseplate and peg are supposed to go into.
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Well, the metal anchor is supposed to be buried below the level of the field. It shouldn't be sticking up out of the ground. I've seen those pegged base systems all over the place before leagues started using the ones with the rubber nipples, and I never saw the square shaft that the peg fits into protruding from the ground.
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