* Because you can keep a batting helmet on your bookshelf…

August 13, 2009

This piece on a new generation of protective gear from The New York Times.

The macho-ness of the athlete still prefers cool over safety. But ask some of the poor guys who were badly injured by bean balls to see if they might not have wanted one of these babies.

…[I]t is hard to predict the number of professionals who will convert to using it. “If it provides more protection, then I’m all for it,” said Mets third baseman David Wright, who last week dodged a Brad Thompson fastball traveling on a frightening vector toward his head. “I’m not worried about style or looking good out there. I’m worried about keeping my melon protected.”

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