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Well, everybody can start picking on me. Baseball, yes, full protection. Fast-pitch softball? Haven't worn shin guards in years and often don't wear a chest protector. Depends on how I feel that day. I will concede that the collar bone is vulnerable.
As for a cup, I never wore one through school, Legion, college, semipro. Can't stand them. (No, I wasn't a catcher.) I'm 54, and the only injuries I've received in all my years of playing and umpiring were (1) as an ump, a FP softball to the elbow that caused an odd localized swelling the size of a golf ball; it went down in about 2 hours; and (2) as a SP player, a bad hop shot to the chest at third. Caused a big bruise, but that's it. In neither case would the usual protective equipment have helped.
With the Miken Ultras and the 12-inch golf balls they're hitting today, I'd wear a hockey helmet to play outfield.
I do wear my seatbelt.
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