Helmet v Mask

[LilLeaguer]

Originally posted by bluehair
I wonder how the change from the balloon CP to the early under the shirt CP's compare with the introduction of the hockey-style mask. Is there anyone out there that goes back that far? Are there any similarities/differences?

Roland Wiederaenders does, and he just wrote a short history of uniform changes in umpiring in the last 50 years (you can read it for a fee: http://baseball.officiating.com/x/article/4348), but he doesn't say if the inside CP had the same kind of conservative backlash. His general tone in the article indicates that he, at least, might have been slow to accept the change.

I've sent him an email for his comments.

-LL