Mike Everett Takes one off the mask

[stkjock]

Anyone here see Everett take that fastball off the top of the mask?

 

ouch!  He’s going to the locker room. 

[BT_Blue]

Randazzo took over and a few innings later showed Gardenhire the gate.

[Kevin_K]

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/03/30/1899427883/1522445365826/asset_2500K.mp4

 

[johnnyg08]

 

[stkjock]

thanks for the video, I looked twice and it wasn't posted where I looked.

[MadMax]

All-Star FM4000MAG is the mask.

That was a direct pitch, MLB speeds. The ball impacted at the upper 1/4 to 1/5 of the mask, likely at the topmost bar itself. Not a lot of padding there, unfortunately. Why? Because that mask is designed to be used for catchers. All-Star is a catcher's company, first and foremost. The FM4000MAG is a magnesium alloy, die-cast, weld-less mask representing the very cutting edge of design and construction methodology. It's designed to be as A) deflective, B) lightweight, C) resistant to bends, and D) resistant to breaks as scientifically possible. It is incredibly strong, and dare-I-say unbreakable. But it's only as protective as its pads.

And the chin/jaw pad is enormous. Easily double the volume of its steel sibling, the FM4000. But why is the forehead pad unchanged or unaltered in size? Why does it matter that this mask is designed for a catcher, and not an umpire?

What is it that catchers wear that umpires don't (and seemingly refuse to)?

Oh yeah, an actual hard shell hardhat (the "skullcap", if you will).

Macho, tough-guy traditionalism must start to take a back seat to safety and wellbeing.

[Tborze]

Watched this live. Props to Cervelli!