All use - does it protect when sliding? Most sliders throw up both hands.

Inquiring minds need to know!

So you can stick your hand in there without effing it up too much.

It's so they don't hyperextend their fingers or jam them when sliding into a bag. See Alex Bregman when sliding into second base during the World Series.

It's a Rube Goldberg machine so they can deny the Charlie Hustle slide is dangerous.

I don't understand the popularity of sliding head first.
To me, it is much more efficient to slide feet first, plus, in my opinion, you have more flexibility to adjust to a tag that is being made.

Buford T. Justice said:

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I don't understand the popularity of sliding head first.
To me, it is much more efficient to slide feet first, plus, in my opinion, you have more flexibility to adjust to a tag that is being made.

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You don't slow down as much on a head first slide, and there's way more flexibility and options to dodge a tag than feet first sliding.

Still waiting for a 90 foot long glove so you can just reach out and touch the next base.

Agsncws said:

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Still waiting for a 90 foot long glove so you can just reach out and touch the next base.

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The oven mitts do appear to get a little longer each year.

The oven mitts on the basepaths don't bother me even if it extends the reach of their fingers slightly.

It is all the body armor when batting while at the same time crowding the plate and trying to subtly lean into pitches that I hate. I am all for added safety, but I always hate it when we allow added safety equipment/rules and then those player just use the equipment to create competitive advantages instead of it just being used for safety reasons.

last one wins!

Who was the announcer this past week who kept bringing up the sliding gloves and how much he hated them? Seemed a weird thing to keep trying to pick a fight about.

His partner even said, "Oven mitt conversations are tired," and steered away from the topic.

I get your point, but you can't dive back feet first into 1st base to avoid a pick off throw.

It's also easier to maintain contact with the base sliding head first. Sliding feet first means you may come off the bag for a split second, and with reviews being what they are at the major league level, you could get called out with half your body over the bag.

Why not use one for each hand? Depending upon where they are on the bases, I frequently see the unprotected hand being the first to the bag/plate.

sharpdressedman said:

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Why not use one for each hand? Depending upon where they are on the bases, I frequently see the unprotected hand being the first to the bag/plate.

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That would just look dumb.

That's the only time that I would want to slide head first.

sharpdressedman said:

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Why not use one for each hand? Depending upon where they are on the bases, I frequently see the unprotected hand being the first to the bag/plate.

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Then how would you be able to pick your nose?

AggieBand2004 said:

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sharpdressedman said:

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Why not use one for each hand? Depending upon where they are on the bases, I frequently see the unprotected hand being the first to the bag/plate.

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Then how would you be able to pick your nose?

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ive only ever seen BB players picking at one thing, and its nowhere near their nose

HTownAg98 said:

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Sliding feet first means you may come off the bag for a split second, and with reviews being what they are at the major league level, you could get called out with half your body over the bag.

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As we saw last weekend against Arkansas, as I recall.

I remember some cat tried to use a hulk hand. Coach threw it over the fence.

" give me that sh$&". Weeeeeeeee