14 Things Only Softball Players From The 90s Remember

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The softball players of yesteryear remember the aluminum bats that had little technology behind exit speeds. The '90s was a time when wearing shorts was a norm for tournaments and games. Perhaps we weren't the most smartest, but it's time to take that trip down memory lane.




1. Aluminum bats: Ping...Ping...Ping! The Lisa Fernandez bat was so hot.

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2. Scrunchies: The ouchless fabric hair tie made in every teams' color. The scrunchie statement says, "I'm no stranger to flames in my fabric."
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3. Foam Visors: The foam visor, a softball player's canvas for puffy paint or paint pens. I'm more familiar with the button back. The foam visor may be making a comeback. You could clean your foam visor with any household cleaning product, but actually that's gross.
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4. Long Knee Pads, medieval armor for the 90s softball player
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5. The Sliding Wrap because no one needs a strawberry/raspberry today.
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6. Fake Stirrup Socks: Made to replicate a pro ball player look but fell short right above the ankle bone.
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7. Bike Shorts: Two buttons and a zipper with a polyester feel. Any moment you could bust.

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8. Cotton Sleeveless Jerseys with numbers that eventually fell off because you ran them through the dryer on high.

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9. Pins: The old days of pin trading. "I'll trade you a blinky for a dangly."

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10. Squeeze Breeze: Why stop at an ordinary spray bottle when you can add a foam fan to the party. The squeeze breeze was the closet spa treatment we were going to get at the ball field.

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11. Airbushed Helmets: Back when we had nicknames like Mad Dog, Tornado, or Skittles, we had tacky airbrushed helmets that represented fierceness. null


12. Ken Griffey Jr. Cleats and Batting Gloves were tight.

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13. When you had a shorts rule with a two roll max.


14. Dad coaches who wore jeans on the field: Yes, dads we remember when you used to wear jeans to the field. How did you do it?
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In those Jeans: John Duran, father of Andrea Duran



















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