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Why do baseball players hold their batting gloves while on base?
I always see players with one batting glove in each hand when they are on base.
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They hold the gloves so that when they slide into base, they do so with a closed fist as opposed to an open hand. This prevents the hand, especially the fingers, from being injured.
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