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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Luke, I don't see how it is even arguable. I got hit in the back of the head with a rebound from a backstop a couple weeks ago. Didn't feel a thing. Try saying that with a standard mask. I know you don't work games on fields that have rec center style wrap-around cages, but many fields here do, and foul balls hits you in the head once in a while  . |
im obviously not luke, but i am interested in this as well: put 2 umpires out on a regular old high school field with a regular backstop. id like to see how a HSM provides more protection there when put up against a properly adjusted original style mask. this is completely ignoring the vision differences, straight protection here.
sure, if someone delmon young's you when you arent looking in a regular mask, you might be bleeding from the ears, but other than that i just dont see a necessary protection increase