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Hey guys, I, like many of you, wear the New Balance plate shoes, but I seem to be having a problem with them and I wanted to know if any of you have experienced something similar. Last year I bought a brand new pair of shoes from Ump-Attire and I fell in love with them. Then after only 20 or so plate games the material that keeps the plate for the top of the foot connected to the rest of the shoe ripped up so the plate was flopping all over the place. I tried a few things to fix them, but they always ended up flopping around during a game (a bad look even if no one really noticed). I gave up and bought another pair and they worked great for the rest of the season. Flash forward to now and that pair of shoes has been through quite a bit of games over the past season and a half, but again, last night the material broke and I'm left with a flopping plate. I haven't beat up the shoes in any way besides wearing them and I haven't taken a ball to the foot in I can't remember how long. All I know is that every time they break it seems I'm working solo and having to run around a bit more than usual. Any ideas or should I just buy new shoes? I haven't seen Reebok shoes around (did they stop making plate shoes?) and I have a pair of 3N2's that I don't trust above little league. Thanks in advance, Stephen
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Well, after tenderly holding my manhood safe for a year and a half on an as needed basis, my beloved Shock Doctor Carbon Flex took her final shot last Thursday. When I pulled her out on Saturday to wash her, I found her cracked at the top. I know that she protected me to the end as even took the last blow was without pain for me. I know that I will be in good hands, so to speak, with her cousin Nutty taking over her duties. The word of warning that I would give would be to check your cherished protector for injury after taking a shot. I didn't for three games after and I'm having nightmares now that a fastball could have taken me into a "Franks and Beans" scenario. There is no way to go there with dignity and I would have forever been known as "That Umpire". Watch over her my friends and she will watch over you and yours.
