masks

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

I was told from the very beginning when I started umping about the 2" thing. It was to be able to remove your mask quickly, and not pull your hat off everytime. Concussions were never mentioned. Seems like this was the norm way before 2010.

The reason I asked is because I seldom see the mask fly off or twist around. Might be a good theory in practice, but non-relevant in reality.

MLB can now concentrate on correcting the errors in the rule book.

Had my mask come off completely once. Never felt a thing but it was several feet away. Have had it twist several times. And this was with the little guys.

Much preferable to taking it straight on and being loopy for the rest of the game. Had that happen too.

Rita

[cbfoulds]

[QUOTE=Steven Tyler;794370]

The reason I asked is because I seldom see the mask fly off or twist around. Might be a good theory in practice, but non-relevant in reality.

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Add 1 as a "me, too" to what Rita said.

Had my mask work "as designed/ intended" on several occasions: mask spins off, or at least out-of-place, no damage to the ol' noggin or contents.

Had a younger umpire who "knew better" and kept his straps tight taken to the ER after a game when he started showing signs of concussion.

[Steven Tyler]

[QUOTE=cbfoulds;794393]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

The reason I asked is because I seldom see the mask fly off or twist around. Might be a good theory in practice, but non-relevant in reality.

QUOTE]

Add 1 as a "me, too" to what Rita said.

Had my mask work "as designed/ intended" on several occasions: mask spins off, or at least out-of-place, no damage to the ol' noggin or contents.

Had a younger umpire who "knew better" and kept his straps tight taken to the ER after a game when he started showing signs of concussion.

Saw an umpire in one of the playoff games who took a shot, mask twist sideway, and went down to one knee. I just feel logically speaking, there is no sure way to prevent a concussion. I can remember taking a major shot to the head in football and not feel a thing. It had no effect at all. Took a glancing blow another time, and had a headaches for three days. Back then it was called getting your bell rung.

[bob jenkins]

[QUOTE=Steven Tyler;794455]

Originally Posted by cbfoulds

I just feel logically speaking, there is no sure way to prevent a concussion.

Of course not. But, there are ways of reducing the chances and the severity.

Since the subject was raised -- think, for example, of how much worse yesterday's racing accident likely would have been without some of the safety improvements made in the past.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

I was told from the very beginning when I started umping about the 2" thing. It was to be able to remove your mask quickly, and not pull your hat off everytime. Concussions were never mentioned. Seems like this was the norm way before 2010.

The reason I asked is because I seldom see the mask fly off or twist around. Might be a good theory in practice, but non-relevant in reality.

MLB can now concentrate on correcting the errors in the rule book.

Sounds like you've already had the concussion.

Ever wonder why a 200+ mph car crash usually ends up with no damage at all to the driver? Or why there was such a significant exception in Dale Earnhardt's case? (I would say Wheldon too, but I haven't seen a view of the crash close enough to see what happened there).

The reason is that in most car crashes, the car tumbles, pieces fly off, etc - the energy of such a huge collision has to go SOMEwhere. In most cases - it's spent with all of this spinning and flying apart. In DE's case, he hit straight on and had little or no disbursement of energy ... and took it all himself.

This is simple physics - but asking for an equation simply demonstrates your lack of understanding. There's no single equation - it's a dynamic system. But it's FACT that the energy has to go somewhere.

If your mask doesn't spin or bounce or anything, you're taking all of that energy into your head. And if you've never seen a mask spin or even fly off - then ALL of your umpires are wearing them too tightly.