re-read... you got it ALL wrong.
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re-read... you got it ALL wrong.
Good point but know that earned the 7 gold gloves by not getting drilled by the line drives that he snagged.
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Not one who spends much time separating fly poop from pepper, the pitch does not appear to be green enough. Looks to be a bit more yellow toward the red. It is bothersome to me that some girls who might otherwise wear a mask would opt not to due to be ridiculed by other players or even coaches. My DD does wear a mask (HS freshman) and has really not pushed too hard to leave it in the dugout (at least at this point). If the prevailing sentiment is that mask wearing pitchers are some how weaker players I would challenge batters to leave their helmets in the dugout and catchers to leave their masks and chest protectors (they can keep the shinguards) in the dugout and those coaches that wear helmets in the coaches boxes leave 'em in the locker room.
And I think that's the whole issue with mandates or not.
On one hand some will argue it is an occurance that is relatively rare, most pitchers will go their whole career never being hit in the head by a line drive so there is no need for a mandate.
On the other hand some will argue that even though a line drive to the head is rare the consesquences can be life altering so they should be mandated.
I honestly don't know which side if the mandate argument is correct but I do know that when my DD is in the circle, she will be wearing a mask as long as she young enough for me to have a say in the matter.
Yeah I get that. My point was more to refute the crowd that says with proper training you can catch those line drives. I think we both agree that no matter how good your training or how good your reflexes are, somethings there is simply nothing you can do to prevent being hit. Training and reflexes can reduce the risks for sure, but they can't eliminate it.
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