Why does softball need a safety base? Just curious.
Why does softball need a safety base? Just curious.
As somebody who damaged ligaments trying to beat out a grounder at first base (my toes were on first and the whole of my foot was on the ground in front of it; my toes ended up touching my shin) I endorse the concept of a safety base.
The other bases you're sliding into, running/rounding over.
Probably wouldn't be a bad idea in baseball, as well.
Why not just change first base, make it wider/flatter rather than add an additional base?
Wouldn't your injury have happened even with the current safety base?
I was at the game and of course my eyes were on the play at home plate. I get that Hayden rolled her ankle at first, but I just don’t understand why she was called out.
I rewatched it on ESPN later and they speculated that she turned towards second and was tagged out, but I don’t remember the ball going back to first base at all. She was lying way outside of the first base line, not in the field of play. It doesn’t seem like she turned towards second.
Of course, the important thing is, hopefully she’s ok, but I was just wondering, what did Jay say on the radio about why she was called out?
It’s catch 22. Safety base will be an issue for the first baseman planting against it when receiving throws and stretching out. Replay will have a field day.
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