+POS mask

[mbyron]

I would wear it only as part of an umpire costume for Halloween.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Now that is a good line.

[johnnyg08]

Not saying that it hasn't happend...but I've yet to read on here a story from a person who was personally injured wearing one of these +POS masks...we all have heard stories...but I guess I'm just surprised to not hear a 1st person account of how the mask failed.

[SAump]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Not saying that it hasn't happend...but I've yet to read on here a story from a person who was personally injured wearing one of these +POS masks...we all have heard stories...but I guess I'm just surprised to not hear a 1st person account of how the mask failed.

Are you looking hard enough?
Ozzy claimed he witnessed an injury.
People have claimed their new SUL masks were damaged.
It is clear the mask is defective and led to facial injuries.
I have yet to read a similar statement about any other mask.

[johnnyg08]

nope, I haven't looked very hard. I'm sure we've all seen our share of dented masks (hence broken)...heck I've seen 3 myself...I'm not doubting Ozzy's statement...but of all the masks out there, not one "injured" person has personally posted on here...are there too few SUL users out there? maybe... but maybe it's blown a bit out of proportion?

I'm not saying anybody who claims to have witnessed an injury is lying by any means...but maybe they're not as dangerous as many are claiming??

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

but of all the masks out there, not one "injured" person has personally posted on here

Maybe they're all dead from the hit. They could also have become scared of the ball, and even thinking about being in an umpire forum makes them sweat.

I'd guess that the sampling here is fairly small in regard to the umpire world. If we were in a forum for vacuum cleaners and several people brought up how they've heard a certain vacuum cleaner stops working after picking up a fairly specific piece of dirt (let's say a blue marble with red stripes), what are the odds that someone there experienced it first-hand?

Furthering the simile, what are the chances that someone there picked up a yellow marble with blue stripes, but the problem didn't occur? Would you then doubt the claims?

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

...but of all the masks out there, not one "injured" person has personally posted on hereany means...

I can fix that.

I got a concussion while wearing an SUL about five years ago in a 10 year old game. I was out for several weeks on that one. I'm pretty sure my WV would have just deflected the shot.

[SJUMBA93]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I can fix that.

I got a concussion while wearing an SUL about five years ago in a 10 year old game. I was out for several weeks on that one. I'm pretty sure my WV would have just deflected the shot.

Did the SUL mask break and that was the cause of the injury? Was the mask an SUL 100 or 200? If it did not break did you use it again?

With all due respect, I believe that anyone could get a concussion with any mask under the "right" circumstances.