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Old Tue Apr 28, 2009, 02:13pm
Skahtboi Skahtboi is offline
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Originally Posted by argodad View Post
I love my "Ump." My wife found a practically new one for me on eBay to replace the one I've used for 17 years. I've taken some shots and they've never hurt -- except if it caught the edge of the protector. I will grant you that there is no protection for the upper arm.

It offers no real protection for the clavicle or the shoulder area either, especially if you are working college ball. I had an All Star before my Pro 9, that was essentially a foam mat with a little hard shell protection for the shoulders, but it was quickly replaced when I took a shot off of a bat to the collar bone from a hard throwing college pitcher. I thought for a long while that maybe the clavicle was broken. I have since received similar shots and only been mildly fazed.
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