Well it finally happened...
 

Working a 8th grade tournament this weekend.... not bad pitching... just a sh!t load of bad catchers. And after being hit like 15 times with 2 of those times dead in the cup...Ball is coming in on the ground toward the slot. So, I move!! :mad: (its a bad bad habit and hard to break on the fly, no pun) and the ball jumped up and hit me square in the front side of the neck. I guess I made it a few feet before going out.
Still remember my vision closing and then not being able to stand on my own. felt fine after a few minutes and i did finish the game.... weird, I have been knocked down a few times (during my younger years... big mouth and booze) :) but i never lost it like that.

Two words....throat protector!

Sorry to here that, but that's what you get for moving. :)

Good thing is that a ball at that height would have bounced harmlessly off the bottom of most umpires' check protector. Although some taller ones may have caught it in the cup. :D

I hope like HELL that it "just happened to miss" the THROAT PROTECTOR that you were wearing?

If not, GO BUY ONE!

throat protector is built into the mask. but turning my head didn't help. :mad:

lol.. farq you. :p

The built-in wire throat protectors are woefully inadequate, IMO.

I absolutely won't use a mask without an added on extended throat protector. Without it there is way too big of a gap there. Dave

Weird. I was advised by one of our UICs not to use one, that dangling throat protectors are "too baseball".

That wouldn't be wade, would it? ;)

I'd discount the advice of anyone who told me to not wear some protective equipment due to some kind of softball-baseball image issue.

Hahahaha! No, I've never met Wade.

Really...what mask are you using? and how did that "built in" protector work out for you?

The mask wasnt at fault.... it did what it was designed to do "protect the front of my face and throat"
Turning my head 45 degrees to the left while running away from the pitch like a scared little girl is what got me knocked the he11 out.
I'm comfortable with saying that as its an error I will not soon repeat. or at least i wont admit to it on here. :)

btw you guys that wear danglers... go call a baseball game... i will call two softball games (if i dont get knocked out :) ) and visit you at the 7th inning. ;)

About 4 years ago, a drop ball that F2 missed bounced back up from the plate into my throat. No, I wasn't wearing a "dangler".


I do now tho.