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Old Mon Feb 16, 2009, 02:58pm
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Social experiment. If you're too stupid to not wear a chest protector, they want you thinned from the herd. The same concept should apply to warning labels.

I've always worn a cup, on plate and bases. Just one less thing to worry about.
on the bases too? dang. after a 6+ game day i'd be chaffed like a mofo.
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2009, 03:10pm
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What can I say, I like my boys.
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2009, 03:29pm
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Two anecdotal incidents...

This was about three years ago. In the men's fastpitch league where I play, they follow ASA rules in respect to catcher's equipment. There are always one or two grizzled old catcher's that skip the chest protector. Saw one take a foul ball right to the collar bone- snapped it like a twig. Finished his season and even now, a few years later, he is still having problems with that arm. And, he now wears a chest protector!

This one was last weekend where I work indoor games for a high school league. A couple of the other umpires I work with are FED-certified blues. A few of them are mainly just employees of the indoor facility who have done some rec ball.

One of the rec guys was behind the plate wearing an ill-fitted catcher's chest protector. I had always regarded this as an accident just waiting to happen. I showed him my "real" umpire CP and talked to him about wearing it properly in the past.

Sure enough, it finally happened. He took a foul ball where the CP had drooped down away from his neck. This one didn't break the bone- it dislocated the joint where the collar bone connects into the front of the shoulder.

Yesterday, his arm was in a sling and he will be laid up for an indefinite amount of time.
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2009, 03:49pm
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What can I say, I like my boys.
lol.. i feel ya... you.. not them.
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Old Mon Feb 16, 2009, 05:01pm
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on the bases too? dang. after a 6+ game day i'd be chaffed like a mofo.
I was chaffed like a mofo after the first day at Burlington. I waddled most of the time after that. OUCH!
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