Abstract:
An improved base assembly for a Little League baseball field in which there are provided a plurality of staking pins connected to the strap end portions of the base via a plurality of metal clips, each metal clip having one loop for receiving therethrough a respective strap end portion, another loop for slidingly receiving therein a respective staking pin. During the securement of the base to the ground, the staking pins are hammered into the ground, and, owing to the spacing of the staking pins from the straps and the side surfaces of the base, the hammer blows contact only the skating pins. An insertion tool is provided for inserting a new strap into the base which includes a substantially elongated flat metal member having an enlarged end in which is formed a coutout for threading therethrough a first free end of a new strap. After such threading, the whole tool, along with the inserted free end of the new strap, is threaded or pushed through a pair of diametrically-opposed channel slots formed in the upper surface of the base.