Look, I've never been hit in the head by a 95 MPH fastball, and I'm sure it really sucks, but those are the dorkiest helmets I've ever seen. Wright should have to take a special bus to the games if he's going to wear that. I really hope they don't make those mandatory in the majors, which is what they're doing next year in the minors.
Peter Abraham accurately compared it to The Great Gazoo from the Flintstones.
Here's two more shots from AP photographer David Zalubowski:
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How to embarass a Mets fan even more.
-G
I can see using those in the minors because some of those pitchers have no clue where the ball is going.
But I dont know about the majors. These helmets mights make pitchers more reckless about thinking that it isn't a big deal if someone gets hit in the head with those new helmets.
I'm sorry I cant stop laughing at David Wright. He looks like he should be in star wars or something.
Darth Helmet.
Yes, because it is much more important for a 100 million dollar investment to look fashionable than to be protected. Head injuries can ruin careers, so what if they look lame?
Since you seem to think this is problem answer me this; how many people's careers have ended in the last 15 years due to being hit by a pitch at the major league level?
http://manolomen.com/images/Dark%20Helmet.jpg LOL
it makes him look like he has an extremely huge head! lmao
yeah, I'm sure if you had a blog 50 years ago, you would have wrote the same thing when Jacques Plante wore the NHL's first hockey mask.
Matt and anon, you both need to take a deep breath and relax. All I'm saying is the helmet is dorky and I hope they don't make them mandatory. If guys want to wear that, that's their choice. Nobody is trying to take that away from them.
I also happen to believe that the helmets players are currently wearing are fine. Like I said before, when was the last player who had their career ended by a bean ball to the head?
so greg, so should baseball wait for another player to have a career ended before they do something?
Proactive or reactive.
The current helmets are only 75mph proof...
I think that in the end, they will find a middle ground, but if you ever picked up a major league helmet, they isn't a whole lotta padding in there.
Can't stop laughing at that helmet hahahahhahah
First off, I think that safety is the #1 priority. So if something looks ugly at first, I'm sure people will get used to it. I'm sure the first time they wore helmets instead of caps they thought it looked funny, I'm sure they thought it looked funny to have football players with those huge helmets vs. the old leather ones.
But beyond that, I'm quite shocked that there isn't a more technologically advanced way to protect your head without adding an extra 15 inches of padding to the helmet. That's their big advancement? Add an extra five layers of foam? There's got to be a better way.
How about wrapping SpongeBob Squarepants around their heads?
matt listen to greg, what hes saying is that he looks like a retard from a cartoon trying to play baseball, and if he wants to wear it its fine, but hes hoping its not mandatory
do you think it takes him longer to make it to first base with that baby on??? and let me add as a person who has been playing hockey all of their life. How many guys have been hit in the face with 90+ mph hockey pucks and continued playing either that game or in the next? TONS!!! the likely hood of him being hit again is soooooooo slim
If we can figure out how to eradicate small pox, put a man on the moon, and deliver free porn directly to your home, we ought to be able to figure out how to make a safer helmet that doesn't look like it was worn by Charlie Brown.
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