proper tightness

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by johnSandlin

What is the general agreement upon how tight your wear your umpire mask?

Not at all tight. Loose enough to go flying to the back stop when hit by a foul ball and not too loose that it comes off when I bend over to clean the plate.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Not at all tight. Loose enough to go flying to the back stop when hit by a foul ball and not too loose that it comes off when I bend over to clean the plate.

I always take my mask off when I sweep the plate.

That said, I agree with the others that it should be "loose".

[mbyron]

It should be loose, so that as much of the kinetic energy of the ball as possible goes into making the mask fly off instead of into colliding with your face!