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[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by NDblue

It may be a "very third-world play" but I've seen stranger things happen from behind the plate and as a player. I don't see a finger getting caught in the wristband of a batting glove if the batting glove is worn properly, i.e. snug to the wrist.

So...here's a play I had last year.

Runner goes sliding into second base. Throw is a little low, 2B goes way down to get it, lotsa diving and stuff going on. I see the velcro on the back of the runner's batting glove slice open a nice little chunk just above the 2B's eye. Her eye to this day looks as if she ran into barbed wire or something.

The batting glove certainly appeared to be worn properly, i.e. snug to the wrist. It was fastened - I know because she called time out at first base to refasten it on the pitch before this play.

If this play had happened in, say, North Dakota, would we have banned this girl for life? Taken her behind the woodshed?

Stuff happens. IMHO we don't need to be telling folks who are playing world championship level fast pitch that they can't wear a Livestrong bracelet.