[ozzy6900]

Garth,

Your photo of your friend was a good example of your point. I am sure that many people that saw it thought as you do. My comments were simply to the photo. You know me by now, I don't care if you are a D3, D1 or MLB. If I see a flaw I am going to tell you about it! Your friend's head is too far in front of his body for even the best throat guard to work and that is a fact. He may be the best umpire in his division, that still won't impress the baseball when it bounces into his exposed throat! Now now remember, I am not critiquing his ability as an umpire, I am just giving an observation from the photo.

The moral of this thread is simple, Garth. If you want to wear a throat guard, by all means wear one! If you want to force your son to wear one, that is fine too. There are those of us that do not wear one and there is nothing that you can do about it - it is just that simple! It's nothing to get upset about!