My First Steel Baseball Spikes

Way back when I was 13 years old, I bought my first pair of steel baseball spikes. I couldn’t wait to try them on and to wear them on the practice field. Whenever I got a new piece of baseball equipment I was always in a rush to try it out. It didn’t matter if it was a new Wilson baseball glove or new baseball bat, I just had to use it.

 

A few of us went to the practice field for a little infield practice. I was playing shortstop and fielded a ball hit sharply to my right. I gloved the ball and put the breaks on thinking I would “slide” a little like when I wore tennis shoes. Wrong…I almost broke my ankle as I went tumbling head over heals. I found out that afternoon just how good steel spikes held their grip…  

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