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Yeah, about 58 years ago.
Wonder how many serious injuries it has prevented?
Yeah, about 58 years ago.
If reducing the quantity of injuries is desired people should be required to wear them in cars. How soon do you see that happening?
Actually, no the risks associated with not wearing a seat belt are substantial and well quantified. The point is that every day kids are exposed to much greater risks, which parents deem as perfectly acceptable than not wearing a mask while playing softball. It is typically based on emotion that parents choose to mitigate some risks while refusing to acknowledge or disregard others. You cannot help but notice that there is a level of hysteria surrounding the use of masks by female softball players which is virtually non-existent in the realm boys baseball.
I think you are comparing apples and oranges. I was a pitcher and had a few close calls from the mound (just over 60 feet away from the plate). But I always felt like I had enough time to react to anything hit at me. Not so with fast pitch. I'd be interested in seeing the comparison between a baseball coming at a pitcher who is approx 55 feet away and that of a softball coming at a pitcher who is approx 35 feet away.
Just have to ask; Do you let you DD's ride a bike or swim in a residential swimming pool?
Just have to ask; are you this much of a d-bag to every parent who has seen their daughter injured in a way that was preventable?
No, obviously it isn't. However, the primary purpose of any helmet is to prevent traumatic brain injuries. There is obviously a compelling benefit for wearing helmets while playing softball/baseball. That said there is an equally or greater benefit for wearing a helmet in a motor vehicle. So it begs the question why do we seemingly randomly pick and choose the risks we wish to mitigate based in large part on emotion? I am not saying it is wrong to wear a face mask. I just find it interesting how passionate some softball parents are about the subject, while baseball parents by and large remain silent even though the associated risks are higher.Softball isn't played in cars.