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Old Mon Aug 22, 2011, 11:21am
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by RadioBlue View Post
I know a softball guy who exclusively uses a balloon. He had a catastrophic injury to one of his arms years ago and there's hardly any meat on that forearm. It's basically skin covering bone. His doctors have told him he cannot get hit there, or it's bad news, so he's gone to the balloon.

Unfortunately, he's been told he won't work any state or national tournaments because he uses the balloon. Seems to me that's a reasonable accomodation for the results of a catastrophic injury.

You never know why someone might be using a balloon-style protector.
Maybe, but how we look is often the reason we advance or do not get opportunities. That is not going to change just because the guy you described has a good reason to use one.

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