Why Don’t Pitchers Wear Helmets
The debate over baseball pitchers wearing helmets has been going on ever since helmets were first worn in the early 1900s. Numerous players, including pitchers, have been struck in the head with a speedy baseball…
The debate over baseball pitchers wearing helmets has been going on ever since helmets were first worn in the early 1900s. Numerous players, including pitchers, have been struck in the head with a speedy baseball…
As the sports news camera zooms in on your favorite baseball player, you notice that his helmet looks worse for wear. It’s absolutely coated in a thick varnish of muddy-looking pine tar. You’ve seen it…
Baseball players began experimenting with helmets as early as 1905, but it would take decades of testing homemade makeshift helmets, and numerous injuries to players before Major League Baseball would finally introduce a rule mandating…
Baseball has traditionally been a safer sport than other games like football and hockey, though players have sometimes been seriously injured by a thrown ball. This was particularly true of those at-bats who typically face…