Um, seems intuitive but do we really have any such evidence? Running bases might be a bigger risk.
Bucky Harris got spiked often at 2B. Buddy Myer eventually replaced him: "the next time Chapman spikes me I'm going to step on his face". Big battle in 1933 with Chapman of the Yankees who ran about ten feet inside 2B to get Myer, who leaped in the air. Myer came down and noticed that Chapman had ripped off the heal of his shoe. Myer proceeded to kick Chapman about ten times while Chapman was on the ground. Huge brawl, called "The Battle of Griffith Stadium". Precinct was called...Chapman punched a Metropolitan Police detective.
More recently, the 1978 WS seemed to turn around as the Yankees emergency call-up rookie 2B, Brian Doyle, kept leaping over Dodgers to throw to 1B, which Davey Lopes somehow buckled whenever a Yankee slid to break up a DP.
During Friday night's game, I think we saw slo-mo replays as one of the Barves slid spikes down at Espi's knees. Shin-to-shin contact, but tough on Espi.
