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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 01:20pm
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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! :-) :-) :-)
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 01:45pm
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Backwards

I saw others do this but it makes too much sense. The mask does come off easier without worrying about losing your hat.
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 02:36pm
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Don't wear your hat backwards.
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 03:04pm
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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! :-) :-) :-)
I hope there was some intended sarcasm involved in that statement or you better brace for a lashing or two

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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 03:21pm
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New Trend

Maybe this is the beginning of a new trend. Backward hats! I may try it this weekend. A test case.
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 08:07pm
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I hope there was some intended sarcasm involved in that statement or you better brace for a lashing or two

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nope...I always put three smiley's at the end of my posts.
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 08:29pm
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"Wear" do you "where" your 8-stitch hat?

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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 08:57pm
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I have yet to see anyone wear a 4 stitch. I have seen some wear a 6 and reverse the cap so the bill is sticking out from behind their heads.(competitive youth games, not HS games.) They say they never have a problem flipping the mask with their hat coming off. I have practiced at home with wearing my 6 stitch both ways and it is a lot easier to wear the heat backwards but I am not tempted to do that yet but I keep practicing as suggested in earlier posts to pull mask forward first then up. Thanks for all the good suggestions. I assume their is a proper protocol for wearing your hat forwards.
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.
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 09:21pm
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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?
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 09:25pm
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Hat problems- let this video load, then go to 2:15:

YouTube - Diamondback at Coopertown
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 09:59pm
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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
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 10:09pm
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Hat problems- let this video load, then go to 2:15:

YouTube - Diamondback at Coopertown
I didn't notice the hat problems as much as the flinching problems. How can the guy call a pitch?
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 10:28pm
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Hat problems- let this video load, then go to 2:15:

YouTube - Diamondback at Coopertown

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.

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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 11:27pm
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The guy with the hat problems in that video changes his stance too. He's on a knee one pitch, then box.....
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Old Fri Mar 20, 2009, 11:48pm
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Because of guys like them, it's difficult to admit to some people that you're an umpire.
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