Shorts in softball

[softballin101]

Have most teams switched to shorts nowadays? Guys don't slide as much I suppose

 

[b#7]

It's too damn hot and humid in Okinawa to be wearing pants in the middle of the summer day. These days I get a runner when I get on base anyway. I do still periodically dive for balls on the infield but not as much as I used to.

 

[LoudMouf]

Us fat guys are much more comfy in shorts. Lol

 

[2spdturbo]

shorts are not for me. i dont slide but play to win. pants just incase

 

[BigGilly44]

shorts are not for me. i dont slide but play to win. pants just incase

Although Id wear shorts because 2 day tourneys in 90 degree weather suck! But tore up legs suck alot more!

 

[ichiromoco]

If you think pants are helping you on a hard infield you are fooling yourself. I have scar tissue to prove it.

 

[Dogue]

Unless it's cold I'm wearing shorts, and I still slide when necessary.

 

[csk415]

Older I get the less I slide. Shorts have become the norm for me. Plus shorts these days almost make it your knees so there I a little more protection than the coaches shorts of past.

 

[jcmichaels42]

I wear pants for the sole reason that whenever I tell myself I'm not going to slide or dive anymore, I always end up sliding or diving. And a little bit of fabric between my knee and the ground is better than none.

 

[2TransAms]

I prefer pants but it's just too damn muggy in STL summers. Then I say "Well I just won't slide" but I always do anyway. :/

 

[mactruck]

I wear shorts during a couple league nights. Otherwise, always pants.

 

[-Six-]

i like to slide in shorts so i can show off my skinned hiney.

 

[fuzzy2651]

Pants no matter what temp

 

[hitman444]

Used to wear shorts but stopped as I couldn't find any with a big enough crotch!

 

[Paulypal]

Pants - always

 

[blakcherry329]

I used to wear short all the time. But now I need to wear so many braces and stuff, I just wear regular pants. lol

 

[lcky3]

I wear pants for the sole reason that whenever I tell myself I'm not going to slide or dive anymore, I always end up sliding or diving. And a little bit of fabric between my knee and the ground is better than none.

^^x2^^

If you're still tearing up your knees wearing pants with double-fabric padding in the knees, then you need to learn how to slide and stop digging up cable.

 

[jbo911]

I used to wear short all the time. But now I need to wear so many braces and stuff, I just wear regular pants. lol

This, and the heat, is why I switched to mostly shorts. It has to be pretty damned cold for me to wear pants. I don't mind scabs as much as tacky sack.

 

[vlcmstnaz]

Pants in the winter, shorts in the summer. If I need to slide I go headfirst and pick up minimal road rash.

 

[zuke 37]

You get strawberries on your butt, not your knees. So long or short pants make no difference.

I once tried to play with neither and got arrested.

They let me go for lack of evidence.

 

[-Six-]

 

[TonyB]

If you think pants are helping you on a hard infield you are fooling yourself. I have scar tissue to prove it.

This.

Pants in the winter, shorts in the summer. If I need to slide I go headfirst and pick up minimal road rash.

And this.

 

[milesej05]

I always wear pants, no matter the temp. Last year I figured it was too hot out during our double header so I wore shorts...

Night of, after showering and scrubbing the bajesus out of it.

a week later, ended up getting infected...if you couldn't tell by how swollen my entire leg is.

 

[ryanclink]

been there

 

[jbo911]

That looks like how I slide. Not right, I know. Rubbing alcohol has always kept me from getting infected.

 

[-Six-]

i said i wasnt going to slide, then i slid. always with the shorts on.

 

[Cubsuns]

a week later, ended up getting infected...if you couldn't tell by how swollen my entire leg is.[/quote]

What are those!!!!

 

[ryanclink]

mY LEG LOOKED IDENTICAL. THE SCAB THAT CAME LATER WAS HUGE AND GROSS. DOCTOR GAVE ME KEFLEX WHICH DIDN'T STOP THE INFECTION AND I ABOUT GOT BLOOD POISIONING. GOT REAL BAD. STAY ON TOP OF THIS. GET SOME PENICILLIN OR ZPACK.

 

[milesej05]

a week later, ended up getting infected...if you couldn't tell by how swollen my entire leg is.

What are those!!!![/QUOTE]

What are what? lol

mY LEG LOOKED IDENTICAL. THE SCAB THAT CAME LATER WAS HUGE AND GROSS. DOCTOR GAVE ME KEFLEX WHICH DIDN'T STOP THE INFECTION AND I ABOUT GOT BLOOD POISIONING. GOT REAL BAD. STAY ON TOP OF THIS. GET SOME PENICILLIN OR ZPACK.

I got that as well as an oral antibiotic and it still got infected. Probably didn't help that the next day after it happened I had to get on a plane and travel to Roscoe, TX. Pussing and oozing the entire time.

 

[Dan411]

I had a friend who's daughter got a staph infection sliding on a crushed gravel infield. Nasty stuff for sure.