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Old Sat Jul 14, 2007, 09:41pm
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Some days I wish I did!

My dad still has one!
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Old Sat Jul 14, 2007, 10:35pm
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On Tuesday, I had a CEBA game in Springville, NY and took a shot off my right shoulder just above my CP. My shoulder has still been tender today and I had to work three straight plate games in a NSA Fastpitch Tourney. Now, between games when I worked the bases, I asked the attendants if I could use one of the balloons that the house league uses for their LL games. Gotta tell you, it was indeed different and I now understand what AL umpires had to do "in the day". Managing a balloon protector truly is an art form .
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Old Sat Jul 14, 2007, 11:05pm
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Some days I wish I did!

My dad still has one!
Does he? I'll bet it's worth a try one, if you haven't
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Old Mon Jul 16, 2007, 01:31pm
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Does he? I'll bet it's worth a try one, if you haven't
I did one game about 20 years ago with one. I remember feeling VERY safe behind it. But yeah, pretty hard to manage.
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Old Tue Jul 17, 2007, 12:55am
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I did one game about 20 years ago with one. I remember feeling VERY safe behind it. But yeah, pretty hard to manage.
The balloon is hard to manage but back then/when, less mobility was expected of us and less protection was expected from F2. I was watching a history of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the catchers were 1 to 2 meters behind the plate.
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