So I'm sitting at home watching Oklahoma State murder Arizona State, and something seemed off about the plate umpire's mask. They zoom in a bit and it appears to be a FM25 frame with F3 pads. I didn't realize those pads would fit anything other than the F3. Thoughts?
You may be on to something there, @Stk004... Who is/was the PU for that game in question? Chances are he is endorsing / being endorsed by Force3 in some way, shape, or manner, but that FM25 is his "lucky" mask, so he can't bring himself to go with the full Defender rig. The Defender's pads can be shoehorned to fit another standard mask, but it's a bit crammed, considering that Defender pads have that offset gap and extra material so as to accommodate the spring assemblies. It's the lower spring