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I always shake my head when I read posts like this regarding ANY mask being too heavy.
In the 1950s, the mask we used on the sandlot had belonged to one of the kids' dads. So it must have been from the 1930s or 1940s. The frame was made of heavy, thick wire, which extended in all directions well beyond the one large pad that fit all around the face. This mask must have weighed 6 pounds, maybe more. I think a sledge hammer would have been required to dent it.
The mitt was a thick round pad, flat with a ball-sized indention in the center for the "pocket." It was also quite heavy. You didn't open and close this mitt. You clapped your right hand over the ball when it hit.
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