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View Poll Results: Do you wear a cup as Base Umpire?
Yes 22 26.83%
No 60 73.17%
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Old Mon Feb 23, 2009, 08:48pm
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Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty View Post
Except, we are less likely to get drilled in the head because, A) our arms/hands naturally go up significantly faster in a protective movement than they go down; and , B) our duck or flinch reflex mechanism is ruled by what our eyes see and it is vastly easier to make an unpredictable bounce or direct shot miss your head than it is to make it miss your groin or midsection.
I disagree with this.

A) I move just as quickly to protect my nuts from damage as my face. If there's a difference in reaction time, it would be so small it's pointless to argue it.

B)I've been made to flinch by loud noises I can't see. This point is not valid.
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