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Originally Posted by briancurtin
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
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I've got an idea. Brian, since you love getting hit by the baseball anyway (I remember vaguely being young myself), why don't you borrow an HSM and go to the batting cages and do a Happy Gilmore experiment, letting shot after shot hit you in the mask. Then switch to your regular mask and take an equal number of shots to the grill. Then get back to us with your results.
One thing is for sure. I've had my regular mask spun around, knocked completely of my head, and also felt many straight on hits which actually rang my bell pretty good over the years.
In 3 seasons with the Mizuno Tsunami HSM, I have yet to feel any of the many shots I've taken to the mask. It's loud, but painless. I know of umpires who have been knocked out (cold) briefly by foul balls into regular masks, but have never heard of a single one hurt wearing an HSM.