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1. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: January 28, 2014 at 10:04 PM (#4647774)with a different link--no pitchers seem to like them
Sounds like Rags has already taken a few too many off the ol' noggin.
This would seem the key point, tripling the weight of it. That would take some getting used to.
Not saying it has to be one way, just that it will change the game. #### I ain't no fool the damn batter armor has already changed the game, for the worse IMO.
You're absolutely right. Pretty soon we'll start seeing pitchers diving in front of line drives to block them with the top of their heads and the beautiful game of our youth will be defiled right in front of our eyes.
Agreed. There is some physical risk for playing a physical sport, take away that risk and the game changes, maybe for the better, maybe not.
With that said I think some protection for pitchers makes sense and I'm glad to see it being considered and I'm glad that pitchers seem willing to accept it IF it's the right protection. As noted by Walt making it meaningfully heavier is a problem. Also whether we like it or not it DOES need to be at least a bit stylish or players aren't going to wear it.
Aren't these the same pitchers who wear rope necklaces and grow soul patches? :)
An interesting discussion, though at first I wondered why the heck Tony Romo was being asked to comment.
Batting helmets also change the balance between pitcher and batter but I would keep them because the risk they minimize is of someone dying.
I'd do the same with the pitchers. It looks like this first effort won't work - too heavy - but they need some protection. Of course, I'd like to see some sort of eye protection as well but I have no idea how to engineer that in a way a pitcher doesn't notice.
The point is, yes, risk of injury should not be completely eliminated if it will alter the game. Risk of permanent injury and death should be. (I'd also be in favor a rule that minimizes broken bats - thicker handles, etc.).
You can't legislate it out of the game. Balls will continue to come off the bat (or out of the pitcher's hands) at high rates of speed, with the potential for doing serious damage. Nothing is going to change that.
You can take reasonable steps to limit the damage they do if they happen to connect with skull. This is just such a reasonable step.
Putting up a screen in front of the pitcher would alter the game. That's now what's happening here. And since it's unlikely pitchers will now be emboldened to intentionally knock down liners with the crown of their head due to this new development, it's probably a safe bet this will not change the game, slowly or otherwise, in any way other than making permanent brain damage a slightly less likely outcome.
Didn't someone develop some kind of "bat sleeve" a few years ago that would fit over the bat and allow the bat to break but contain the pieces? That always seemed like a really good concept if it would keep the bat working within the same parameters.
I agree with that 100%. I also find it ludicrous that on plays where a pitcher gets hit in the head the umps don't immediately stop play, award a ground rule double, and get the damn doctors on the field ASAP.
Or maybe just one, arriving in a blue police box with the fitting music.
Top 3 NOT-to-see moments of 2014 :
1. death of pitcher via comebacker to head/heart
2. death of catcher/umpire due to broken bat piece stuck in eye socket
3. death of 3Bman due to Prince Fielder tripping and falling on the poor fella
honorable mention: death of Brian McCann, OD of batter-blockers !
All the guards for batters and that awful awful sliding glove should be banned !
Batting gloves too !
And beards !
And every single Red Sox fan !
+the KISS cam !
With lots of spin, in Derek Jeter's direction !
Or somewhere in the vicinity of Hunter Pence !
The way you do this is to change the rules in the youth leagues and the minor leagues. Players will grow up with it, and it won't feel unusual.
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