Comments on: Air Sweeps Dust off Home Plate (Nov, 1939)

By: arizona term life insurance

arizona term life insurance — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:14:27 +0000

I’m a huge sports fan and have read alot of articles. But I had never heard of this. Can you imagine this thing malfunctioning when someone was sliding home. Ouch. Ruin a foot, ankle, knee or head. Bad idea. Some things need to be done manually.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:45:46 +0000

I recall that Comiskey Park in Chicago had something like this installed in the early ’60s. It must have been in use elsewhere in the major leagues.

By: John M. Hanna

John M. Hanna — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:37:49 +0000

I guess taking 3 seconds to manually dust off home plate was just too much work for some umpires.

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:33:03 +0000

Nice to see that within 60 days of Germany invading Poland, we have this silly invention.

And it saves so much labor with that whisk-broom.