Japanese mizuno mask for sale
 

Hello I am a former AAA (PCL) umpire. Before I started my last season, I had a former fellow Japanese umpire bring me over a Mizuno mask with the spider throat protector. Sense I have retired I have not umpired again... I am selling my mask to the highest bidder.

The starting bid is $550

This mask is very Rare and hard to get unless you have a Japanese connection... At one point in time I know that honigs was going to try to sell the same mask but the deal never went though...

Only serious bidders should reply to my e mail address at [email protected]

I will keep all bids open till sept 10th 2009. At that time I will announce the winning bid on this site.

Winner bidder will need to send money order and over night shipping is included in price once the money order clears.

If there are no bids received this mask will be placed on e bay with a starting bid of $700

I had a friend of mine just sell his mask for $1150 on e bay....

ALL BIDS MUST BE SENT TO E MAIL ADDRESS AS I WILL NOT RESPOND OR CHECK THIS SITE UNTIL I ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON SEPT 10TH

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING

$550..... I have the same mask and throat guard. Since I got the Nike mask, the mizuno has been shelved. Maybe I should get in on this and sell mine. I start the bidding on mine @ $549 ha ha

A grand for an umpire's mask? Really?!
 

You guys have your one mask for $550; I'll go with my two titaniums for $380. Actually $420 counting this set of spare pads that I acquired from this really cool umpire.

I'll just go with my Dyna-Lite Chrome Moly with the doeskin wrap-arounds that I acquired from this REALLY, REALLY cool umpire!

Thanks really cool umpire!:cool:

Good luck with that.

For $500, that mask better make my coffee too.

What exactly does this mask do that a Wilson or All-Star titanium won't do?

Dude: it's Japanese. :rolleyes:

Does that mean it bows to you before you put it on?

Paypal is good too... I have had a pay pal and e bay account for years... Just figured that I would offer the mask on here before and other sites before I had to pay commissions on e bay. Sure you can buy other masks. There are many great masks on the market but the only way you can get this RARE mask is to buy one being resold which is rare in it's self or go to Japan.

I have already received 3 bids.

Happy bidding

To bid outside of the safety of ebay and PayPal for something this costly is unduly risky. And to cite the reluctance to pay a nominal ebay fee as the reason to sell it outside of ebay is a crock.

Sell it on ebay, so the buyer is protected.

Nothing. It's just hard to find in America, so if you want to say, "I have a mask you can't get here," it's the one for you. If what you want is a lightweight mask you can easily find the ones you mentioned. I think the throat guard looks cool (just my opinion), but to me the mask is just another mask.

I do believe it was a rhetorical question.

I remember when the +POS SUL came out and everyone was just drooling over it. I have a $80 Honigs single bar, light weight and have been using it for years, and I don't plan to change.

There are no three happy bidders; there may be no Mizuno mask. And there is probably no retiring Japanese colleague.

After posting a harsh version of my earlier warning, I read some of the reaction from the other site to this same come-on, and I must say that I should have left the harsh version up there.

PayPal and ebay exist for a very good reason: They protect the buyer and the seller. The auctions are legitimate, and the bidders are truly happy.

This whole scenario gets more and more laughable with each reading. I'm gratified that none of us sucked it up and acted all impressed.

Brother, when you get drilled, I'm sure it feels virtually the same as when I get drilled. Premium masks of every brand are similar: they all protect; they all perform; they all look good; they all have comfortable pads. It comes down to a shade or a logo or a subtle feature that makes us jump at one mask or another. The Honig's single-bar is a perfectly fine mask.

When I first started out, I picked a mask because it had black leather pads. I wound up being one of those guys who prefers the two-tone or even the tan doeskin look. The silvery (or pewter-colored) bars? (I couldn't bring myself to write pewtery.) I deplored them at first glance. Mike Napoli of the Angels showed up with a Nike and I couldn't stand it. Then I saw the Wilson titanium umpire version and started to come around to it. Then I put one on and looked through it and I was essentially hooked on the silvery bar look.

So it's really a personal appeal and personal comfort issue. All the good ones protect.