Infield Mask

by Warman Minor Softball Association, 2019-05-28T08:07:47.000-07:00May 28 2019, at 08:07 AM PDT

In 2017 the Twin City Angels board made the decision to mandate the use of infield masks, for anyone playing 1st base, 3rd base or Pitcher. The simple reason for this was player safety, the new bats being used have much more compression and accelerate the ball faster than most players can react. May 27th a player in the U12 age group playing 3rd base, was hit directly in the forehead above the eye knocking the mask off her head. The player was removed from the game for precautionary reasons and was able to resume playing the next inning, had she not been wearing her mask the outcome would have been much different. The photo shows how the impact of the line drive dented her mask, but p... [more]