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Originally Posted by kylejt
Easy there. I think you're missing a key point. If you're in normal umpire stance, with your head upright, your mask pads are resting firmly against your face. I hope your aren't envisioning the mask dangling in front of the face during play. Yikes no!
For a properly adjusted mask, I'm asking you to bend forward at the waist, 30 degrees or so. It's then that the chin pad should fall away from the chin by pivoting from point where the bill of the cap meets the head.
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Well, thank you for explaining it to me in a gentlemanly manner. Actually, I never knew any rule of thumb like that ever existed among the umpiring community. It certainly is the first time I had ever read the advice.