I've never had a problem getting my mask off no matter how many stitches are in the bill of my cap...I just wear it backwards. Way easier! :-) :-) :-)

Backwards
 

I saw others do this but it makes too much sense. The mask does come off easier without worrying about losing your hat.:cool:

Don't wear your hat backwards.

I hope there was some intended sarcasm involved in that statement or you better brace for a lashing or two :p

-Josh

New Trend
 

Maybe this is the beginning of a new trend. Backward hats! I may try it this weekend. A test case. :rolleyes:

nope...I always put three smiley's at the end of my posts.

"Wear" do you "where" your 8-stitch hat?

Bob

Wearing your hat forwards and having it come off every single time you pull the mask is still infinitely better than wearing a backwards hat.

whats the point of wearing a hat then if it always comes off. Maybe a bucket would be better? The 4 stitch is just a ridiculous looking hat. Like a beanie. How about going to navy or black doo-rags?:D

Hat problems- let this video load, then go to 2:15:

YouTube - Diamondback at Coopertown

I tried an 8 stitch on last year, and took a foul ball straight off the forehead area of the mask. I mean straight, no spin on the mask. Yes, I wear my mask fairly loose, although not AS loose as some describe. I've always had a good half turn on the mask on foul shots to the mask, or pulling down if it hits the chin area.

I swear it was the worst one I've taken, I even considered whether or not I could finish the game. And it was a 16 year old game, couldn't have been more than 80 mph.

Is it any way that an 8 stitch could make this worse? Cardboard bill jamming into your frontal lobe? Or is this just logical reasoning based off the fact I may have had a concussion on that day :p

I didn't notice the hat problems as much as the flinching problems. How can the guy call a pitch?

My Gawd!

Firt ump is moving into his strike three signal before the ball hits the glove, the second umpire works like Bugs Bunny and the third actually ducks when the batter swings and flinches like he!! when he doesn't.

Caps are the least of their problems.

Cooperstown? I guess you get what you pay for.

The guy with the hat problems in that video changes his stance too. He's on a knee one pitch, then box.....

Because of guys like them, it's difficult to admit to some people that you're an umpire.