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Game Breaker foam came in, looks to be 6mm of D3O with an antimicrobial backing. It can slot right inside the foam lining but it does shrink the size so if it is a loose fit it might work but for an already sized helmet expect that you will need to rip out the stock padding to make it work. The brim padding ripped right out as one piece but the top part was more difficult and wanted to disintegrate. Will need to go back over with some goo gone or something to get the rest of the glue out. Since I won't be reusing the stock pads I made sure to get some photos for comparison. Once you have the empty shell, the liner goes in and sits decently flush. Some of the back will need to be trimmed to be flush with the helmet and I am planning to use the trimmings to fit in the gaps and size the liner unless I need a smaller mm sizing liner. I tried the pairing with my heaviest mask, Mizuno 1DJQH120, and didn't have any shifting issues with it at 7 5/8 hat size and no attachment method. The liner does block some of the vents and at a minimum I would recommend trimming out the back vent area to get airflow back. The default crown liner is 2ish mm thicker than the D30 so you may find you want to add some liner material there to get it sitting where you want height wise. My end goal plan is going to be trimming the wings off around where it bends and using velcro to install the crown flush and add a 2mm sizing liner if it is needed. I'll then trim some of the liner between the top and sides to create a ventilation channel around the top like the skull caps have by default. The wings and trimmings will be installed around the rim with velcro in a line like the original Rawlings pads and I'll just use the D3O. For me it is snug enough that I should not need a liner as my Mizuno titanium and mirage are light enough that no shifting occurs but that may change when I trim for fit. The Mizuno 120 is too low profile to use with the Rawlings like the AS I would not recommend wearing it so no need to worry how those work with the cap. All in all, looks like a good mod to upgrade the skull cap. PS. as I was about to submit this I found that the liner near the back vent was starting to tear due to the liner bending for fit and how it interacts with the vent while being worn. It doesn't look to be an issue for me since I plan to trim the wings off there anyway to separate the crown from the wings for a more personalized fit but wanted to share anyway. link to all photos of this project, will add more as I keep working https://imgur.com/a/rawlings-d3o-AGgprjW

Fun fact, Amazon has the Coolflo matte black medium on sale for <$26. Got one arriving the same time as the D3O linear and will see how modding goes. Thanks to @TheLovejoy for confirming all the sizes are the same physical dimensions, was able to save some money by buying the cheapest size and then rip the padding out of that one.

As someone with plenty of disposable income and a lack of impulse control regarding hobbies, I will take some pictures when my order from Dicks Sporting Goods arrives sometime this weekend/next week. Too bad for Concertman I made the purchase before he offered the XRD. An AS Axis doesn't make sense to up/sidegrade but I do have a SC500 I use for catching men's league or I might go looking for a used Rawlings or Evoshield to experiment with. Most of the sizing pads I am seeing in a quick google search are designed by manufacturers for their specific helmets but I did find a at least 1 that seems promising. I am curious about installation order between D3O and sizing foam. The D3O linear is designed to fit flush against existing padding and either the sizing liners/pucks or the D30 liner should be fixed in place so they don't shift easily. If the D3O linear is velcro'd into the helmet, then the sizing pucks would need to be attached to the D3O as the pucks would not be able to hold themselves in place like the liner would. Here is an example of the liner being fit into a football helmet for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcnfHZb_dDw 1) this is a helmet sizing fit kit by Bern and has a few pucks but is still target to one of their helmet designs. https://bernhelmets.com/products/summer-liner-universal-adult-package 2) this is a fit kit from a skate/bike helmet company called S1 that uses two sized pieces of foam go around the front and back semicircles of the helmet, different thicknesses of foam would allow more customization between front/back sides https://shop.s1helmets.com/s1-helmet-co-fit-kit/ 3) Easton's helmet padding fit kit mentioned earlier would allow the customization desired and we already know it fits in skull caps for sizing purposes https://easton.rawlings.com/product/8068349.html Once I have the D3O liner in hand I'll sit down and start making further plans but thinking the Easton and/or S1 kits with the Evoshield or Rawlings skull cap is the way to go for airflow/padding combinations. Final note, I had to go through this so many times to make sure I was calling it D3O and not 3DO the developer/publisher of Army Men, Heroes of Might and Magic, and High Heat MLB video games

Did find this just cruising around the internet tonight, might help improve padding protection without impacting airflow as another way to customize the fit of helmets. https://gamebreaker.com/collections/d3o-sheets/products/gamebreaker-stealth-hard-shell-helmet-liner.

Make sure they all touch their base...and don't do what happened in Georgia with having to get together, call people, and look up rules on phone regarding bases loaded walk off walk. ughhhhhhh

1) Do we even need to have brims? If it was needed for holding the mask catchers wouldn't wear the skull caps backwards. If it was needed for plays at the plate umpires would have a hat on under their helmet for when they took it off. For sun issues we have all the sunglasses and tinted lenses options provided by modern Opticians. 2) The ones that are on the market have a mixture of poor airflow, poor fit, or questionable padding due to their target market being college/pro catchers. Limited market means limited R&D and options as the companies have to charge more to get their ROI on unit price instead of volume. Has anyone else thought to at other sports that have TBI and ventilation considerations that also have a larger target audience for alternatives that might be better for umpires. One sport that comes to my mind is hockey helmets since companies are making them wtih products like 3DO. Unfortunately, growing up in Ga I don't know anything about how hockey gear would translate to baseball.

Yeah, I stick with the AS because I prioritize protection and I trust the pads AS uses more than the brim strips the other skull caps use. Adding in that the AS pads are washable is another attribute in its favor.

I'll take the GD pads and cores

Fun fact, since I was bought the mask I have a set of pad socks now and tried them in both the 1DJQH120 and 1DJQH200. The chin pad fits well in the 1DJQH120 but the top pad is...interesting. Meanwhile, the 1DJQH200 is the opposite with the top pad fitting well but the chin pad either doesn't fit right or compacts the middle mold depending on how you tighten it down. Looking forward to trying out the Cloud4 Pads with the late cold we're getting in Virginia and hopefully the universal socks are still in the pipeline my Team Wendy's could use a new cover.

Has anyone tried fitting the current socks to either of the Japanese Mizunos? The product page only mentions fitting the Nike Ti and Wilson Dynalite style masks and I haven't seen anyone post about trying it on here.

The best way to find gear is through a manufacturer's website using a browser that can auto translate the website, from my experience, Chrome is better than Firefox at Auto translating Japanese websites. Once you find the product you can then take the product number and go to a proxy service such as Buyee. What a proxy service allows you to do is go through different retailers such as Yahoo or Rakuten and search the shops there for the product and buy it. They will then receive it at their facility in Japan and ship it to wherever you are for a fee. They also support buying from different retailers and then consolidating the package at their facility before shipping it to you if you're buying multiple products such as both umpiring gear and anime stuff. Just expect shipping to start at like $20.

Now I'm no physicist but I have a feeling that pitting like that would cause the radar cross-section to increase.

Awesome, that means that even if this specific version doesn't fit my Mizunos the universal design will.

The cover with the gray padding especially looks dope as hell. Straight 🔥

Based on the first picture it looks like the cover has raised padding that fits into the geometry of the bars that I'm guessing help to keep the pad in place. Will this cause any issues with other masks that don't have the same bar geometry, such as the Mizunos?