Stirrups???

If I recall correctly, the metal tipped leather toe cover actually laced into the lace holes of the shoe. Of course, back then (late 60s early 70s), they still used wood bats in HS. I remember all the bats I used in sandlot ball were broken bats from the HS team that I had nailed and taped back together.

 

In summer league, we cut our stirrups and sewed elastic in them to make sure none of the stirrup showed- just the strap. Athletic tape seemed to work best to hold them up.

Anyone else have very thin nylon unis? In my first high school game in the "spring" of 1979, it started snowing and by the end of the game you could not see home plate from my vantage point in centerfield. No under armour cold gear, no insulated batting gloves, just me, my 3/4 legnth cotton undershirt and nylon baseball pants. Sliding shorts? never heard of them. Absolutely freezing. The good news we won the game and the better news we missed school for 3 days.

 

uh Oh!....

...so did I!

 

Old?

Could you imagine wearing wool today? I still have some of my wool unis and hot hot hot when I try to squeeze in. Anyone want stirrups, I have about 150 pair from the 50s never used. Remember the quality fitted hats with the leather band that scratched when you sweat. Shrinks immediately when it got wet too.

 

oh yes my friend

yes if I recall correctly in NC high school ball it was all wood bats until new rules allowed metal bats somewhere in the range of about 1972-1974(?). heck when metal bats were allowed, I remember a few guys didn't take on to them and continued to use the wood.

and to add a bit on repairing broken wood bats, we squirted some wood glue into the break as best you could, then hammer in securely with a few small nails, and finally wrap tightly with electrical tape. hmmmm, wonder why we didn't use duct tape?

and finally a term I recall if you wore your stirrups down low instead of stretched up high.............you had "flat tires"!!

keep 'em coming, great memories.

 

East

My dad, who was very old school, would immediately stop practice if a bat got broken to examine the break. If he determined that the player hadn't "lined up" the label right, then that kid was toast. The team had a budget for about five bats for the entire year. Or course, the whole label up idea for avoiding breaks has been debunked now.
Also, they only got a few dozen balls each year so every ball had to be accounted for after every practice. There was a big ditch about fifty yards behind the backstop so the players spent alot of time down in there hunting up the lost balls. Times have changed so much. Nobody stresses now if a bat gets broken or a ball gets lost. They have dozens stacked in the storage building.

 

Did someone say old school? We had to wrap the stirrups around our foot to get them to go that low.

 

Was this your Championship season? BTW, what is that under your nose?...a shadow?

 

That was game two of the championship series.

and how did i know that you would be the first one to crack on my 17 year old stache???