Traditional Mask vs HSH Mask Redux

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by boyinblue24

Has anyone every read the story about a LL ump named Donald Jensen? Long story short he was an ump that was calling a game & bat was thrown & wacked him in the head. Later that night when he was laying up in the hospital he wrote a story that inspired everyone involved w/ baseball. Everyone. That story is for another time. The next day he died from brain failure. That was LL. If it can happen in LL it can happen in your league too. A HSM will protect your whole head. btw did anyone see the Braves vs Marlins game the previous season? It was where (I think it was Davis) that got hit with a top of a bat that broke off, swung around & caught him under chin & ended the game early for him. He's fine but a few days later he was calling a game w/ a huge mark on the side of his face!

If you're positioned properly a thrown bat will not be able to hit you in the back of the head. They say lightening can strike out of a clear blue sky. I suppose we should start dragging around an electrode with us to keep safe from that anomaly too.


Tim.

[ozzy6900]

If you feel that you need to wear a suit of armor to protect yourself from balls and bats, feel free to wear that. Just don't complain or try to qualify your decision with stupid citings. If you want to wear a HSM, go ahead and wear it! If you want to wear arm guards, go ahead and wear them!

Just don't preach as if you are the sole authority on the dingle-dangle or HSM! For just as you can come up with your feeble citings, there are many of us that have been umpiring better than a quarter of a century that have never had any of this stuff happen to us!

[Mike Ricketts]

Originally Posted by boyinblue24

Has anyone every read the story about a LL ump named Donald Jensen? Long story short he was an ump that was calling a game & bat was thrown & wacked him in the head. . . . The next day he died from brain failure. That was LL. If it can happen in LL it can happen in your league too.

Yes. I read about it here: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/umpire.asp

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by boyinblue24

umm ok I don't need ANYONE yelling at me! I might be young but I have a lot of experience. And that's bs position doesn't matter. Davis was @ home in the box. I'd say position had nothing to do with it. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Umm, ya know, it's like, ya know, you really do need someone to, like, give you, ya know, umm, a clue here. You, like, really don't have, umm, any experience if you are 16 years old, while most people here were, like, umpiring way before you were just a gleam in yo daddy's eye.

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by Tim C

Steve:

This post of boyinblue24 shows that even when given a link he can't read it well enough to know the entire story is a fake.

Where's dumbdrum when we need him?

Regards,

Boyinblue.......DudeinBlue.........Hmmmmmmmm

[LMan]

Originally Posted by boyinblue24

umm ok I don't need ANYONE yelling at me! I might be young but I have a lot of experience.

Only experience you have is at being young.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Tim C

My officiating.com e-mail address is always available.

[email protected]

Regards,

Tee, is there no "n" at the end of your name on e-mail address?

[LMan]

Originally Posted by Tim C

More value for Nick!

Well, now he has the perfect HSM accessory in his new forearm guards.

(LLDan ordered the DeLuxe Guards-w-Sweatband (c) option)


Somehow, it just seems fitting.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by nickrego

If you choose to switch to an HSM, be prepared to take a lot of flack from "Old Fart, Stick In The Mud" types.

I don't recall anyone who switched to the Hockey Helmet getting flack. However, I do recall someone who switched and then exaggerated and lied about the benefits, ridiculed those who still chose to wear traditional masks and then went on and on and on and on and on in his attempts to proselytize, never demonstrating any potential for learning when to STFU.

Yeah. I remember that.

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by GarthB

I don't recall anyone who switched to the Hockey Helmet getting flack. However, I do recall someone who switched and then exaggerated and lied about the benefits, ridiculed those who still chose to wear traditional masks and then went on and on and on and on and on in his attempts to proselytize, never demonstrating any potential for learning when to STFU.

Yeah. I remember that.

I got a concussion wearing a +POS SUL. Does that count?

Me, I don't like the HSM because it's TOO DAMN LOUD inside! Take a shot, and your ears ring for two innings. At sharp "FOUL!" is nearly painful. Plus there's less padding on the forehead. And it's hot. And then.....

But that's just me, and I couldn't care less if anyone else wants to use one. It doesn't bother me in the least. And, I find it silly that it bugs some folks. Who cares?

[LMan]

Guess I'll have to stay a dinosaur.


Long live the tar pits!

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by LMan

Guess I'll have to stay a dinosaur.


Long live the tar pits!

same here. i figured it would be a while until i got old fart status...22 is a bit younger than i ever imagined i would be when i gained the title.