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Oct 28, 2015
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So last night when the ump was checking our girls' bats and helmets for all the right decals and stickers, he pulled me aside and told me one of my players couldn't use her helmet because though the NOCSAE seal was molded into the helmet, the face mask was lacking a NOCSAE sticker. I said "But Bill, you just looked at all this gear the night before last and everything was OK" - thinking swiftly after immediately realizing I just told the ump he was wrong - I then said "Oh you know what Bill - she was late that night and you didn't have a chance to look at her helmet... let me go give it to her Mom". When I got back, Bill thanked me for helping him keep the girls safe...

Incidentally, Bill DID see the same helmet the night before last and he was OK with it then.... but blue is always right...
 

MTR

Jun 22, 2008
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So last night when the ump was checking our girls' bats and helmets for all the right decals and stickers, he pulled me aside and told me one of my players couldn't use her helmet because though the NOCSAE seal was molded into the helmet, the face mask was lacking a NOCSAE sticker. I said "But Bill, you just looked at all this gear the night before last and everything was OK" - thinking swiftly after immediately realizing I just told the ump he was wrong - I then said "Oh you know what Bill - she was late that night and you didn't have a chance to look at her helmet... let me go give it to her Mom". When I got back, Bill thanked me for helping him keep the girls safe...

Incidentally, Bill DID see the same helmet the night before last and he was OK with it then.... but blue is always right...

Last night was last night and he or partner probably just missed it. But today is today and he noticed the facemask without a NOCSAE stamp which means it has been unacceptable for ASA for about a decade :)
 
Jun 22, 2008
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One year I pulled the same helmet from play at least 5 different times I had one team. And each time I came back to do that school there was the very same helmet out for inspection.
 

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