Ed Hickox Concussion

[Tim C]

"And from the articles he was wearing a helmet?"

He was indeed wearing an HSM with his traditional 7 stitch cap.

This shows that perhaps the MiLB study done last season that showed both the frequency and seriousness of concussions were greater while wearing an HSM.

As I stated I did not put a lot of value in last summer's study as it was anecdotal with not enough raw information. But there could be a trend coming up.

Regards,

[mrm21711]

Originally Posted by Tim C

He was indeed wearing an HSM with his traditional 7 stitch cap.

This shows that perhaps the MiLB study done last season that showed both the frequency and seriousness of concussions were greater while wearing an HSM.

As I stated I did not put a lot of value in last summer's study as it was anecdotal with not enough raw information. But there could be a trend coming up.

Regards,

Which appears strange because for a few of the guys who suffered injuries, they immediately switched to the HSM (Carlson, Danley, Foster).

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Tim C

He was indeed wearing an HSM with his traditional 7 stitch cap.

This shows that perhaps the MiLB study done last season that showed both the frequency and seriousness of concussions were greater while wearing an HSM.

As I stated I did not put a lot of value in last summer's study as it was anecdotal with not enough raw information. But there could be a trend coming up.

Regards,

Perhaps since the helmet isn't designed to be worn with a cap...

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Perhaps since the helmet isn't designed to be worn with a cap...

Doubtful. If a cap underneath effects the performance of an HSM, so would varying hairstyles.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Doubtful. If a cap underneath effects the performance of an HSM, so would varying hairstyles.

So umps sporting mullets shouldn't rock the HSM?

[Steven Tyler]

Hickox was wearing a long sleeve black shirt, also. After the accident, all the umpires were wearing short sleeve powder blue shirts. I guess it warmed up enough during the game for the umpires to consider changing to something cooler.

[mrm21711]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Hickox was wearing a long sleeve black shirt, also. After the accident, all the umpires were wearing short sleeve powder blue shirts. I guess it warmed up enough during the game for the umpires to consider changing to something cooler.

Not quite.

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[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by mrm21711

Not quite.

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Excuse me for thinking he was wearing long sleeves......

I suppose it was just the base umpires in the long sleeve smock with the zip off sleeves. Either way they still changed to the powder blue.

Game time 3:49. That top of the 2nd inning ran 33 minutes by itself.

[SanDiegoSteve]

What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on with all these umpires getting injured?

[cc6]

Originally Posted by Tim C

He was indeed wearing an HSM with his traditional 7 stitch cap.

This shows that perhaps the MiLB study done last season that showed both the frequency and seriousness of concussions were greater while wearing an HSM.

As I stated I did not put a lot of value in last summer's study as it was anecdotal with not enough raw information. But there could be a trend coming up.

Regards,

Kerwin Danly just got knocked unconscious by a broken bat to the side of the head. And he was also wearing an HSM. If this thread doesn't get locked for no reason I'll post the clip of it that will be on mlb.com

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by cc6

Kerwin Danly just got knocked unconscious by a broken bat to the side of the head. And he was also wearing an HSM. If this thread doesn't get locked for no reason I'll post the clip of it that will be on mlb.com

Don't know if he was unconscious, but he took a hellava shot.

[UMP25]

Here's the story:

The Canadian Press: Home plate umpire Kerwin Danley struck in head by broken bat shard