Plate Umpire Brian Knight Leaves Game on Pitch to Head

[Lindsay]

Umpire Brian Knight left the Phillies-Nationals game after a pitch struck his mask in the top of the 9th inning of the contest. With two out and one on, Knight took a first-pitch fastball from Nationals pitcher Blake Treinen squarely to the protective grill covering his face after the pitch eluded...

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[umpstu]

WOW!

[Thunderheads]

Holy crap! I hope he's okay, Wow

[jim knight]

Brian is in good spirits and seems to be just fine. Yeah real scary to watch!

[ElkOil]

Yikes, that hurts to watch.  Hope he doesn't get a concussion and can get back at it soon.

 

That's why I'm not such a fan of the traditional mask -- that thing didn't move much, so his head absorbed much of the energy.

[chadozee]

I went to college with Brian at WJC...great guy!  Glad he's ok!!

[afaber12]

Yikes, that hurts to watch. Hope he doesn't get a concussion and can get back at it soon.

That's why I'm not such a fan of the traditional mask -- that thing didn't move much, so his head absorbed much of the energy.

I'm not sure a bucket would've been that much better given where that hit the mask, and the velocity it would've had. Assuming a decent level of competency for the catcher, usually the hits we take have some sort of deflection to at least slightly take some of the impact out. Clearly the pitch wasn't were it was supposed to be, but that couldn't have hit the middle of the mask any better with laser guidance.

[DVA7130]

Yikes, that hurts to watch.  Hope he doesn't get a concussion and can get back at it soon.

 

That's why I'm not such a fan of the traditional mask -- that thing didn't move much, so his head absorbed much of the energy.

That's unfounded, but at least with a real mask you don't look like Mr. Freeze.

[scrounge]

So much for the unfounded theory that a traditional mask will spin and magically make the impact better. Yes, of course, on many impacts the mask will spin - those are generally relatively glancing blows that didn't impart all that much direct force in the first place. I'm not necessarily saying anything at all about whether a traditional mask is better or worse than an HSM - but this idea that a traditional will spin and save you is just physics garbage.

[conbo61]

Wendy-shmendy. That is gonna HURT.

[Thunderheads]

Doesn't matter what you're wearing .......... 96 mph head on is going to ring your bell, no doubt.

 

Glad to hear he's doing well @jim knight  !!

[Umpire in Chief]

So glad to hear Brian is okay. 

 

One of the first things I noticed was Carpazza jogging down the line and made it about 1/3 of the way down before he called time. You've got to be there for your partners.

[hbk314]

 

Yikes, that hurts to watch. Hope he doesn't get a concussion and can get back at it soon.

That's why I'm not such a fan of the traditional mask -- that thing didn't move much, so his head absorbed much of the energy.

I'm not sure a bucket would've been that much better given where that hit the mask, and the velocity it would've had. Assuming a decent level of competency for the catcher, usually the hits we take have some sort of deflection to at least slightly take some of the impact out. Clearly the pitch wasn't were it was supposed to be, but that couldn't have hit the middle of the mask any better with laser guidance.

 

 

I couldn't tell for sure if the pitch missed by that much or if the catcher just completely whiffed on it because he was setting up for a quick throw to second. Maybe both.