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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/stnew/article/1991sep3.pdf Last checked: 08/06/2009 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
Author(s): | Anonymous |
Title: | Inventor: Breakaway base could reduce injuries |
Source: | Sports Turf Newsletter [STA]. Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1991, p. 3. |
Publishing Information: | Guelph, Ontario: The Sports Turf Association |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf safety; Baseball fields; Athletic injuries; Breakaway bases Sports Turf Canada Keywords: Safety
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Abstract/Contents: | Profiles a breakaway base developed by Roger Hall for baseball fields. States that the Rogers Break Away base "detaches when baserunners risk injury on a slide that's too fast or too poor." Reports that "a university study found Hall's base reduced injuries 96% during a three-year test, and a sports medicine group found even better results among minor-league teams." Explains that "Hall's anchoring system is the same as a one-pience base, with a square metal rod fitted into a buried foundation. The difference is the top is attached to a plate with rubber grommets that release when pressure is too great." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | "Guelph Daily Mercury" |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Anonymous. 1991. Inventor: Breakaway base could reduce injuries. Sports Turf Newsl. 4(3):p. 3. |
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