How do you guys even do that?!

[Rulekeep]

Can somebody please explain to me how to differentiate all the MLB used masks? I can tell the difference between the padding but except for the color, most masks look the same to me. How can you all tell them apart?

[the_umpire]

There are small differences between different kinds of masks, and if you know your stuff, you can easily differentiate. For example, a Wilson ti, the ear flaps have only one bar across them and the throat extension comes down on an angle, where as a nike ti mask, on the ear flaps there is a bar that makes a sideways V. Also the throat extension comes straight down pretty much. A honigs pro steel mask, has a shorter throat extension, as well as a curved raised bar at the top of the mask. Small differences.;

[Rulekeep]

There are small differences between different kinds of masks, and if you know your stuff, you can easily differentiate. For example, a Wilson ti, the ear flaps have only one bar across them and the throat extension comes down on an angle, where as a nike ti mask, on the ear flaps there is a bar that makes a sideways V. Also the throat extension comes straight down pretty much. A honigs pro steel mask, has a shorter throat extension, as well as a curved raised bar at the top of the mask. Small differences.;

Ohhh. Okay, I'll have to try separating masks tonight when QuickPitch is on.

[rjt6]

@Rulekeep - Really?  it is not that hard.

[Jocko]

Ask @Fittske24 . He's the gear pimp.

[Rulekeep]

@Rulekeep - Really? it is not that hard.

Maybe for you but I'm not a gear junkie in the slightest, okay?

[MikeSafari]

You just get used to looking for these things after a while. It's like guys who can tell you a specific make, model, and year of car just by looking at the shape of the headlights.

 

Once you dedicate yourself to something, you start to see those small differences that other people don't.

[rjt6]

 

@Rulekeep - Really? it is not that hard.

Maybe for you but I'm not a gear junkie in the slightest, okay?

 

 

@Rulekeep - I am the type of person that notices the tiniest details that nobody else notices.

You just get used to looking for these things after a while. It's like guys who can tell you a specific make, model, and year of car just by looking at the shape of the headlights.

 

Once you dedicate yourself to something, you start to see those small differences that other people don't.

@MikeSafari - I am that exact way.