Mizzou pitchers and the mask or no mask question

[riseball]

Why does the NCAA not require cages on batting helmets when every level of play before college does?

I would also ask why a good number of players who grew up wearing a facemask on a batting helmet, go without at the first opportunity? I have to think that they do so not as a fashion statement but rather because it impedes their ability to see and track a pitch.

 

[Angus]

I literally just saw an 8YO (who was batting) hit herself in the face with a ball she fouled straight back. Don't think I've ever seen that before - fortunately she had a mask on. But why do girls wear them in FP, but they don't use them in baseball? Is there a good reason, or is it just sexism?

 

[4 girl's dad]

I would also ask why a good number of players who grew up wearing a facemask on a batting helmet, go without at the first opportunity? I have to think that they do so not as a fashion statement but rather because it impedes their ability to see and track a pitch.

But a good number don't also. Even in the NPF, where they are getting paid, I would think that if hitting at your best was the goal, that all of them would take them off.

Not arguing, just presenting another thought.

 

[cuzmail]

Can we start a Barnhill thread so we can talk about riseballs, masks and crow hops all in one place?

She's a skippy! At least she isn't nearly as bad as before. You can tell she is working on it.

I'm just glad to our (this forum) projections coming true. Quite a number of college freshman wearing masks in the circle this year. The numbers will only increase with time.

 

[ScottyDont]

I'm just going to leave this here...Earlywine talking about mandating the facemask during today's Georgia/Mizzou game.

[video=youtube_share;6GBcs_ciVcg]http://youtu.be/6GBcs_ciVcg[/video]

My opinion...if the NCAA mandates it, it takes away any question a coach might have about a pitcher's ability because she wears one. High school pitchers who wear them no longer face a recruiting stigma if they do.