Hunter's Hardhat

[MadMax]

It's good to see Hunter (Wendelstedt, for those who don't follow) back on the field as a full participant. I see he's wearing a hardhat ("skullcap") on the bases. I suppose it's good to be preventative. 

I wonder if anyone's called / been calling him a sissy, and if any supervisors are telling him "It's a bad look." 🙄

#WearWhatYouNeedTo

[dumbdumb]

neat thought. i would think, (i try not to and cannot anyway) hope that with the knowledge over the years of C2 to C5 injuries, L5-L6 injuries, and head and concussion injuries (much like (Eric Lindros syndrome), that the years of injury/equipment verbal bullying over types of protective equipment choices are over. But, you never know.

Maybe the ones left that do so, are the guys who have never wear/worn a cup (and there may have been sissyfication over the (new banana type cups) in the day or steal (or more up to date materials) toe plate shoes in their life. now, for that red ball bag (only seen that once at a little league field) choice to wear or not wear and possible verbal bullying, sissyfication, wuss, the look, etc, or at least a ribbing for it, i have no idea.

And for that ribbing of, in the American League they do this mechanic, ie straddle the foul line, but in the Big Leagues we do this mechanic, ie both feet in foul, you would think the merger of the 2 Leagues took care of that verbal exchange 25 1/2 roughly years ago.

Personally,  i would say that the clicker/indicator that doesn't click look, ie rubber band look to keep the count passes muster from the hardliners, home owners association types, etc., maybe Wegner should try it, (how come no one busted on him for missing the count the other week), then the helmet on the bases look should easily fly.

[BLWizzRanger]

How timely.

Not to be too preachy but if you have a PU partner that is knocked out cold on a pitch, you do not allow him to continue the game. First, go single. At a minumum, take the plate if your partner is a stubburn fool. Take his spot.

As an board, mandate your concussion protocol for members and remove assignments for ones not following it. As a umpire conference/state association, do the same. Mandate teams report umpire concussions to state associations.

Maybe allow on-site team trainers to make the decision of removing the umpire in this situation.

Independent contrators? Who cares if one's brain is involved, especially older concussiees. Get them off of the field.

Seems like common sense to me, IDK.

Rant (personal feelings for a real situation that I found out about last night):
You are such a FF PD that you wont complete a game by yourself, when your partner sustained a concussion. Take the selfish cape off and do what is right for someone else. And you wonder why and complain you dont get plum assignments after not giving two pucks about your partners. No one wants to work a game with you because they expect to have to cover your ass. Been there, done that.

Rant off.