Sadly.......I was stone-sober.
No, to the shagrin of a couple of our viewers, not those balls.
I'm umpiring a high school baseball game tonight....
3rd inning...kid throwing low 70's.....foul-tipped BAM! gets me right square in the center of the mask.
THE NEXT ****ING PITCH
same kid...same speed......same location......same swing
THWAP!
Within a centimeter of the same spot in the mask.
In fact, it cracked the mask.
Other umpire, fans, both coaches were rolling with laughter, the mother****ers.
I've been hit many times, but never in the same spot, on back to back pitches.
No, to the shagrin of a couple of our viewers, not those balls.
I'm umpiring a high school baseball game tonight....
3rd inning...kid throwing low 70's.....foul-tipped BAM! gets me right square in the center of the mask.
THE NEXT ****ING PITCH
same kid...same speed......same location......same swing
THWAP!
Within a centimeter of the same spot in the mask.
In fact, it cracked the mask.
Other umpire, fans, both coaches were rolling with laughter, the mother****ers.
I've been hit many times, but never in the same spot, on back to back pitches.