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Buckeye 201510,000+ posts

I'm guessing most people that are buying helmets for their own kid (travel ball) don't know there's a MPH rating...and just run to Dick's or go online and pick up the one their kids wants.

That being said, a kid on my son's team hit a guy in the helmet with a 94mph fastball earlier this season and cracked a helmet rated at 100mph. Keep in mind the rating is that the helmet will protect you from a 100mph fastball....it doesn't say the helmet won't crack. Between the helmet material and the padding, the kid that got hit at 94 and cracked his helmet was fine...just what the helmet is supposed to do.....the helmet....well, not so much

5/20/198:56 AM

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