Eric Byrnes, left, ran into the shinguard of Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek and never touched home plate in Game 3 of the ALDS.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - The drama's been great, but often the play has not] Reference

She was making a bigger fuss than she'd ever made over a soccer boo-boo, and her coach told me that when he went to straighten her leg to get her shinguard off, she screamed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference

Buchanan's first pitch got past catcher Jordan Fuller, hitting Fuller's shinguard and careening near the Central dugout.    From Wordnik.com.  [news | LD | http://www.the-dispatch.com] Reference

I'm sort of a blend of MY acolyte, lobbist, defender, and shinguard against verbal ripping, but I think (without looking it up) these eight games are his worst streak ever in the majors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lone Star Ball] Reference

So, whilst browsing through the vast amount of products available on SoccerPro's comprehensive website, I came to the shinguard section and selected a pair of Nike T90 Air Maximus shin guards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

10 years on from my Sunday league shinguard fiasco, I have now been reconverted thanks to the Nike T90 Air Maximus shin guards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

Threepio's mismatched shinguard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference