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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 06:32pm
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What kind of chest protector...

...allows for an ump to be knocked cold like that?
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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 06:40pm
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Toadman,

WTF are you talking about?

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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 06:46pm
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LLWS game. PU got hit by a foul ball in clavicle and was KO'd. If you watch the slow mo replay its clear as day he lost consciousness. Seriously, the first report from the EMT was that he had a pulse. He didn't move for about a minute but then finally came to and was able to start talking. A few minutes later he was helped off the field.
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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 06:51pm
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Either a poor fitting one, a cheap one or both.
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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 07:07pm
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Heck, it could have been a West Vest Platinum if he wasn't wearing it right.

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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 07:23pm
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An ill-fitting hardshell of some sort. A lesson to us all ( at his expense ).

Lock into your position, and see what bony parts are exposed. Then cover them. It's great to have pro gear, but you really need it adjusted properly for it to work.
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And I don't believe a collarbone hit knocked him out. I haven't seen it, but it must have gotten him in the neck or something too.

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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 07:58pm
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I can remember back when I was playing what we called Little League, we were having some batting practice and one of my teammates got hit on the elbow with a pitch. The pitch wasn't very hard, but he blacked out for about a minute.
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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 10:28pm
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Pro-Nine?

Any luck at finding a video clip?
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Old Tue Aug 24, 2010, 12:00am
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...allows for an ump to be knocked cold like that?
I may be the minority, but I'm not watching the LL games. To post as if all of us are commenting pitch-by-pitch only causes confusion.
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Old Tue Aug 24, 2010, 12:51am
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I may be the minority, but I'm not watching the LL games. To post as if all of us are commenting pitch-by-pitch only causes confusion.

Thanks for letting us know what you're not doing. Keep us posted.
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Old Tue Aug 24, 2010, 04:50am
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Thanks for letting us know what you're not doing. Keep us posted.
The point is that the OP is so vague that it took someone asking what he meant for any reasonable answer to be given. How hard would it have been for him to mention LLWS somewhere in his post, instead of making a statement that assumes we were either watching what he was watching or reading his mind?
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Old Tue Aug 24, 2010, 10:41am
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How do you get knocked cold by a Little Leaguer?
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Old Tue Aug 24, 2010, 11:14am
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I am not so sure he got knocked out cold but, I remember saying to my wife that that, was a similar shot that I took last year and convinced me to get a West Vest.

The ball seemed to get behind his throat protector and it wasn't clear what it hit.
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Old Tue Aug 24, 2010, 11:16am
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How do you get knocked cold by a Little Leaguer?
Some of those kids are throwing in the mid 70's, which is about the speed a lot of high school varsity pitchers throw. Plus, they're much closer at 46'.

The pitches are shown being equated at over 90 mph at the shorter distance.
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