I would not want to put a few power hitters I know up at the plate with some very young, inexperienced players and have something tragic happen. I have seen it first hand with elite travel players- not having time to react quick enough to save themselves from injury! So things happen, if you can protect your infielders and pitcher from something that could at minimum change lives, if not destroy or take them-- why are you so against mandating the mask? I cringe every time my daughter gets up to the plate and the girl on 3rd is not wearing a mask. I know her bat speed, I know the power she can generate, I fear for the girl standing there with only her wits and a glove to protect her. Tell me is it worth it, after HS ball, most will never play again, and then what- after college- even fewer... why risk a life altering injury? I've seen it, heard it- it isn't pretty! What does it prove to not wear one?