importance of wearing umpire equipment

[kono]

Through 4 years of high school ball, my daughter only saw 1 or 2 umps that wore much more than a mask. Her last 2 years, the teams pitcher was in the dirt a lot, and had trouble hitting spots - my DD would set up high outside - when the ball comes low inside - PU is gonna take a beating. Saw many dancing bears behind the plate. In her last H.S. game, PU gave her grief after taking a couple off the shins (probably didn't help that we were all snickering behind the fence - DD made a nice scoop - he didn't see it, he was doing a jig or something ;-). She gave it right back and told him that he needed to buy some equipment - I thought she was gonna get tossed.

-Kono