To wear or not to wear?

[HippoBaseball05]

My son has acquired the gloves worn by E.J. Shankle of A&M from the Fresno State game the other day.

Question is:

Should he wear them in his games?

[Old Tiger]

Sure...what good will they do if he doesn't wear them?:confused:

[luvhoops34]

only if they fit and he feels comfortable wearing them...:)

[BullFrog Dad]

Ask O.J. he'll know what to do with those gloves.

[3afan]

yes wear 'em - what else are they good for?

[Send_the_House]

obvious answer is to give them back?

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by Send_the_House
obvious answer is to give them back?


lol, he didn't say how he acquired them did he? :D

[burnet44]

no
learn to catch
give em back
give em to someone else
chuck em

[crzyjournalist03]

no...you don't play baseball with your autographed balls...if you're lucky enough to get something from a player, keep it as memorabilia, unless he's just not really a fan of the player or team.

[Bull19]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
no...you don't play baseball with your autographed balls...if you're lucky enough to get something from a player, keep it as memorabilia, unless he's just not really a fan of the player or team.

if Smalls can play with an autohraphed Babe Ruth ball, whats a pair of gloves from an aggie???

[piratebg]

You're killing me Smalls!!!:p

[HippoBaseball05]

....the gloves in question were in a famous photograph the other day:

http://publish.hometown.aol.com/cscaggie/myhomepage/chavisshanklane.jpg


And no, he didn't acquire them illegally.... They were given away as a gift.

:D

[whtfbplaya]

yes wear them they have pleanty of catches left in them.

[rhino1877]

I wouldn't....Only because Limas Sweed did not give them to him...LOL

[ILS1]

Originally posted by rhino1877
I wouldn't....Only because Limas Sweed did not give them to him...LOL

I concur. Plus, they would have a hint of burnt orange color somewhere (for UT) to match his HS football uniform (Hutto)!!!


:D :D

[Adidas410s]

1 catch for 3 yards...who would want those gloves??? :thinking:

[Emerson1]

Wear them. If they were Stephen McGee or someone that was actually good then you hang them on the wall or something. But it's E.J. Shankle

[3afan]

i dont get it -- is not like they came from jerry rice, or marvin harrison;heck, pick any pro player --- i never heard of this ej shankle

[HippoBaseball05]

Why wouldn't t.u. fans have heard of him?

He was also offered by Mack and still chose A&M. He was the #12 rated all-purpose back nationally coming out of h.s. as rated by Rivals.com

Played in eight games as a true Freshman and caught a pass in the Holiday Bowl.

He is a Sophomore. When Fran discovers the forward pass, he might get some better numbers.

I tried to not have this deteriorate into an A&M - t.u. matter.

[3afan]

Originally posted by HippoBaseball05
Why wouldn't t.u. fans have heard of him?

He was also offered by Mack and still chose A&M. He was the #12 rated all-purpose back nationally coming out of h.s. as rated by Rivals.com

Played in eight games as a true Freshman and caught a pass in the Holiday Bowl.

He is a Sophomore. When Fran discovers the forward pass, he might get some better numbers.

I tried to not have this deteriorate into an A&M - t.u. matter.

obviously a good player - still never heard of him ... and this is not an aTm-UT matter but it seems you are trying to make it so ...

http://www.sfasu.edu/images/logo_sfa.jpg

[thatsminty]

whatever happened to your hippo & duckhunt shirt????


I SAY WEAR THAT! hehe

[rhino1877]

Now I was just picking. Heck I would wear them. But I would keep it a secret...LOL

[Big Papa]

of course don't wear em...theres no need to...you don't need gloves to catch the ball...you're either gonna catch it or your not gloves won't make that big of a difference...now if what was gonna be cold then that might be another story

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by Big Papa
of course don't wear em...theres no need to...you don't need gloves to catch the ball...you're either gonna catch it or your not gloves won't make that big of a difference...now if what was gonna be cold then that might be another story
Yes they do.

[Big Papa]

Originally posted by Emerson1
Yes they do.
i don't think so...i never wore them and i caught the ball just fine...if it was a lil wet you just had to concentrate more...and the one season i wore them (my hands developed a weird allergy to the grass and the skin started peeling off of my fingers and palms) it always got on my nerves...cuz i just didn't have the feel of the ball that i was used to

[HippoBaseball05]

He already has a nice pair of 'Nike Magnigrip' gloves that he wears.

It was just the thought of actually wearing ones that were used in a college game.

Plus he has always liked the 'Cutter' gloves for some reason.

[scott Wilson]

That "famous" photo shows how Aggies just can`t count. The pic looks like it says 9, 10, 10 (again) 11...............lol

[Darren]

Have them Bronzed..... Then let him wear them.