masks

[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.