I don’t wear this specific model. I have other comparable models by the Honigs brand (a retailer and manufacturer of officiating supplies). I have fortunately not been hit in the chest by anything that fast, although I did take a 60 mph foul ball in the chest this past weekend that hit in the intersection between two…

+360

Umpire here. The standard chest protector worn by most MLB umpires is the West Vest by Wilson - first used by Joe West. It has a hard plastic shell over thick padding.

Why didn’t you end your column finito instead of fin?

+12 inches

I thought MLB already made that recommendation a few years ago. Fenway has extended netting down near the tarps beyond the dugout (that extension might have been for 2019, but it was at least past the dugout in 2018). Most stadiums now have netting at least to the dugouts instead of behind the backstop.

Western Christian didn’t just beat Missouri Valley, they rectum.

+2

+88

I really don’t know why people are surprised. There’s a reason the Bucks were the #1 seed. The inconsistent way the Celtics were playing this season, I’m surprised they even got past the first round.

+1 satis faction

+1up

Excellent.

McBurying the lede...

Tom Morello would be the lead guitarist. Angry AND politically motivated.

+1 HI-V (high five in Roman)

+1 I’m wilting.

Massachusetts enacted a law within the last few years making it required for headlights to be on if the wipers are used.

Stupid illiterate bees. It’s the Big A, not the Big B.

Illiteracy may run in this town...they can’t even spell it correctly on the police badge on the door.