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Head Protection
The latest from the MLB GM's is that base coaches will be required to wear some kind of head protection next year.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...n_next_season/ Soooooooo........using the same logic, would that mean that base umpires might also be required to wear head protection too? |
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As umpires, we are faced with many responsibilities during any given play, but our main focus is the ball whenever it is in our immediate proximity. Base coaches, as well as players, umpires and fans, should focus on the baseball as well.
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You're watchig the ball? Egads, I bet you did. ![]()
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One of the sections of the class was Base Coaching. Jim Dietz said to, "Keep your eye on the ball because it gets on you quick." We were even instructed to move in toward the line instead of the natural tendency to move away from the line and into the ball's path. Quote:
![]() Your examples are horrible. Bottom line: You watch the ball when it is pitched to make sure it doesn't hit you in the dome. Everyone is supposed to be watching the ball when it is pitched. The 16 year old in the crowd is liable to get a ball in his ear, but that's his problem.
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Originally Posted by fitump56
So as F2 comes set, as F6, with R3, you're watching the ball? You're F9, F1 is RHP, you're watvhing the ball? You're 16 and in the stands when Ms. Homecoming walks by with a "tail" wind and a short skirt. You're watchig the ball? Quote:
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
The latest from the MLB GM's is that base coaches will be required to wear some kind of head protection next year. http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...n_next_season/ Soooooooo........using the same logic, would that mean that base umpires might also be required to wear head protection too? Quote:
You were one of the ones who said coaches would never be required to either, Rich. The dynamics of the death of one coach, spread nationally as a tragedy (it waas), failed to land on anyone's head here. ZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, LOW FLYING JET and no one noticed.
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When I played college baseball in New England in the late 1960s, our team wore batting helmets in the field my senior year. No caps that season. I seem to remember that some other teams did that, too.
Frankly, I preferred the helmet to the cap regardless of the safety issue, even while pitching. That was almost 40 years ago, but as I remember there was some noise that helmets were soon going to take over for caps entirely. (In those days, the helmets had no ear guards.) Of course, the conventional wisdom then was also that because a few large companies had become so big and powerful, they would soon run everything. Therefore, a graduate had no chance trying to start his own business and so should accept the fact that he would be working for GM, Exxon, IBM, AT&T, US Steel, etc.
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Fit, I don't know where you get your misinformation, but I have played every position on the baseball field at one time or other, including catcher and shortstop. I mainly specialized in playing first base because of my great stretch and my talent for picking errant throws out of the dirt.
I was quite the athlete as a younger man. I played in youth baseball programs in high school because I could only play one Spring varsity sport and that was golf, where I carried a 3 handicap. My post questioned your misuse of the positions on the field. It had nothing to do with any lack of baseball knowledge on my part. You certainly don't exhibit any great knowledge of the game, as has been pointed out time and time again.
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Anyone laughing now? ![]()
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Originally Posted by fitump56
To a one, this Forum poo-pooed the entire idea as "impossible, ridiculous and, you're insane, never happen HAHAHA." Quote:
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