cervelli is one of the mlb players i respect the most. he knows how bad it is to be hit by these pitches on a daily basis. he not only helps umpire's but also fellow players.
@Rene Rodney How do you pre program a bot to reply from a specific dictionary of words and you cant even take the time to make them grammatically correct
I like how the MLB takes concussions extremely serious and all physical contact verrrry serious but in the NFL they don't care at all about any physical issues.
The NFL has gone pretty far protecting their players, quite different from even 20 years ago. But the NFL is limited in what they can do for how violent and athletic the sport is.
I can think of two MLB umpires whose careers were ended by concussion--Dale Scott and Greg Bonin. From what I understand, Bonin still has some memory issues and occasional dizziness.
The pitches never look fast enough to really hurt anyone, then you see how the face plate reacts to being hit and that is when you know that it must really hurt.
My dad played softball and I’d always go to the games. A few years back, a player fouled off the pitch and it hit the umpire square in the mask. It knocked the umpire out cold. The umpire was taken via ambulance to the hospital and the game was cancelled because they didn’t have another umpire.
In 1993 I was umpiring a game when a foul ball cracked my mask and knocked me out for a few seconds. After a couple minutes, I got back up, put on the cracked mask, and finished the game, as I was the only ump. I didn't notice the crack in the mask until after the game. Ball hit me just to the right of the chin, the same place where boxers often get knocked out.
I was a catcher back in high school on the girl’s fast pitch team. I remember taking a foul tip right square in the mask and it totally knocked me silly. Hurt like hell. I can’t imagine taking a hit to the mask from a pitch going 95 plus mph.
The first pitch in the video. Cervelli, no wonder he holds the Ump, he knows how it feels. Glad for his brain that he is moving to a different position.
Is there a good reason as to why the home plate umpire is literally on the back of the catcher? Could it be done that the home plate umpire stands back several feet from the catcher, and use both first and third base to signal for the height of the pitch? And, maybe the second base to signal for the line of the pitch? Yes, admit that it is a dumb question, as have not had much to do with baseball. Have umpired Aussie Rules in all 3 positions, basketball, outdoor and indoor cricket. In a national super league competition back 35 years ago, a 3 umpire rotation was run for indoor cricket. One at point, watched for the height of the balls at the batting crease, and another umpire 'assisted' with the non striker run outs. The umpire in the 'crows nest' still had control of the game, but, had the other two umpires assisting.
@@ilovewendysbaconator5089 Moving far back makes it difficult to see the pitch around the plate. Joe Brinkman, who was not only a great umpire for many years but also owned and operated one of only three official MLB training academies, tried working about five feet behind the catcher for a year or two. I tried backing up about two feet and found I was hopeless on the low pitch.
Cervelli is a good guy. The MLB should have a standby umpire. In case 1 of the umpire gets hurt they can replace him. Like in basketball they have standby refs,
They have some but it’s off field. The ones who follow up to assess if they need time off etc, but while on field the home team is primarily tasked with overseeing the immediate care for ump injuries.
I'm surprised they haven't come up with some kind of shock absorbing system at least for the cage of the mask. Maybe they have, but I've never heard of it.
The game would be postponed, as if it were a rainout. I've never seen an MLB game lose two umpires and have to go to a 2-man crew, but each umpire is well-schooled on how to do an entire game by himself if necessary. Most amateur guys (including myself) have done several solo games.
Every major league umpire is prepared to do an entire game on his own if necessary. In the minors, they work 2-man games and 3-man games routinely, and many have done amateur games solo.
I agree with they should be mandated to wear a helmet like the hockey goalie style some umpires wear, but why not have a back up or emergency umpire in the stadium?
OK the video at the 120 Mark it doesn’t show an umpire getting hurt it just says he hasn’t shown up take that one out because there’s no getting hurt in that video
storyofcory I’ve seen some umpires using the “hockey” mask in many of these videos. Maybe it’s a matter of preference, since it’s not mandatory to use that mask type. Yet.
I'm not talking about the mask, though. The HP umpire should be wearing a batter's helmet like the batter and catcher do, and it should be mandatory for HP umps.
At 2:44 in the video: did you mean the helmet that the umpire has on? That was what I meant about the “hockey mask.” I think this gentleman is the only one who has it, so far.
@@connorwelcher The "hockey masks" they use are, of course, made for baseball. Some umpires don't like them because they are harder to take off and carry (since you don't make a call on a runner while still wearing the mask and unlike the catcher, you don't just throw it out of the way).
Not in the majors. There are a few cases in the minor leagues I believe and without back ups the games were either suspended or rescheduled for a later date
@@ChibiProwl Comes down to money. Three-man mechanics aren't too terribly difficult unless you are woefully out of shape. Most levels of minor league ball only use two umpires, and while that is much more difficult, it also makes it easier for evaluators to know an umpire is in shape. The days of the 350-pound umpire are firmly in the past since John McSherry died on the field of a heart attack.
Those are the better masks. They are very light and can take a 100mph fastball easily. Older ones were much heavier and prone to breaking or bending. There really is no way to prevent the impact of a pitch hitting you solidly.
