AP: General managers planning head protection for first- and third-base coaches

General managers decided Thursday that first- and third-base coaches will wear some sort of head protection during games next season, an action taken four months after Mike Coolbaugh was killed when he was struck in the neck by a line drive.
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“There was a sentiment that as a concept this was a good idea,” said Joe Garagiola Jr., senior vice president for baseball operations in the commissioner’s office. GMs will decide on the exact form of protection when they meet next month at the winter meetings.

“We’re going to come back in Nashville with some options: liners, hard caps, helmets without flaps, helmets with flaps,” Garagiola said. While no formal vote was taken, Garagiola said the sentiment of the GMs was clear.

“Everybody just felt it was a situation that made sense,” Detroit Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said.
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“If you think about the evolution of the batting helmet, unfortunately what ended up happening this year is essentially what happened with Ray Chapman,” Oakland general manager Billy Beane said. “I think we need to come up with a recommendation.”