May have a broken arm

[nicshow]

JV baseball tonight - one catcher doesn't have a clue about catching the ball and I took a fastball directly to me forearm. I staggered and went to my knees for a couple of minutes and then finished the game. My wife/nurse thinks I may have fractured it.

I'll find out more in the morning but I'm curious if anyone has worked with a casted left arm?

 

Nic

[renegadewolf]

I've seen it done,she worked bases and lower level (14U and below) only.  Personally I think it's a tad risky, but to each their own if you can still perform the job.

[Tksjewelry]

Dang, feel better.

This one I think it would depend on your association and what you're comfortable with. I could imagine doing the plate with my arm behind my back, but that's the only way I would do it and I'm not sure that an association would allow that for insurance reasons. Bases, I think you'd be fine.

Do they actually cast still or do they use those funky molded plastic casts? With that molded cast, I would think it would less noticeable and less cumbersome than the old heavy plaster kind.

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[JaxRolo]

Bases only!

[ricka56]

Send us a picture...I may be able to diagnose that from here..
... too soon ?

[spiffdawg7]

I worked with a guy this year with a cast on his forearm.  He had broken it in a game earlier in the year.  I did the plate that day, but he had done a plate earlier in the day. His doctor told him he was ok to work with the cast. 

[maineump]

Does it need to be padded in FED?

[maven]

3 hours ago, maineump said:

Does it need to be padded in FED?

For an umpire? You know umpires can use wheel chairs on the field, right?

[conbo61]

It is my understanding that the padding requirements apply to umpires as well. Maybe that is just a state association rule.

[udbrky]

1 hour ago, maven said:

For an umpire? You know umpires can use wheel chairs on the field, right?

For a broken arm?

[noumpere]

50 minutes ago, conbo61 said:

It is my understanding that the padding requirements apply to umpires as well. Maybe that is just a state association rule.

You are correct and I amend my answer.  10.1.7C(d)

[HokieUmp]

9 hours ago, udbrky said:

For a broken arm?

Nope.  Just because.