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Maybin adopting special mitt for sliding
- Updated: September 15, 2016
DETROIT — Cameron Maybin was out of the Tigers lineup on Thursday to give his injured left thumb a figurative break. But when he has been playing in recent days, he has tried his best to avoid a literal break.
That meant the reluctant adoption of a sliding mitt this week. As hard as Maybin tried to avoid it, he’s coming around to the idea embraced by other basestealers such as former Tiger Rajai Davis.
“I kind of like it, but I don’t like it,” Maybin said. “It’s weird. I like it just because it makes me feel safe to go headfirst, especially [leading] with my left hand. I’m probably going to wear it until I’m done playing, just to be safe, especially because I’m very uncomfortable sliding feet-first trying to steal bases.”
Maybin was strongly against the mitt when he returned from the disabled list after a sprained thumb cost him three weeks …
