First game - first broken ankle

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Originally Posted by argodad

We opened our HS season Friday evening. Both teams were wearing metal spikes. No problems (except my partner almost had his nice, shined plate shoes stepped on by a new catcher) until the bottom of the sixth. Runner stealing second slides a bit late, catches her spikes on the base and breakes her ankle.

Would she have broken her ankle in rubber spikes? Maybe. Would she have broken it if the school had break-away bases? Probably not. Is it the last time I see it happen this season? I hope so.

They want to break their ankles with their spikes, thats on them.. my major complaint when this was coming out was about plate shoes

Nothing messes up a good plate shoe like a catcher with metal cleats.

When the tournies starts up, I wonder how many girls will show up with the HS metal spikes... I know I'll be watching for them.