wearing equipment properly

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Rachel
I always "gear up" to do the plate. I put my batter side arm behind my knee. How much is hidden depends on the batter. It protects my hand. Because I work the slot I have been hit on the inside of the batter side thigh. It bruises up when hit. I prefer it to the ball hitting my forarm though. Female umpires, do you wear a pelvic protector?(like the majority of the people on this site give a rip) I do when working higher level ball.

I know that the pelvic protector came out on the market right after the Little League fiasco in Florida a couple of years ago. Does the pelvic protector really help? My question is not a smart alec one, but just a question from the uncivilized half the the Earth's population.