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Post by kersting13 on Jul 11, 2018 9:00:45 GMT -8
Earflaps on batter's helmets were not made mandatory in MLB until 1983, although many players wore helmets with earflaps before that. The last MLB player to wear a batting helmet without earflaps was Tim Raines in 2002. You can call it a "skull cap" if you like. But it IS a batting helmet, no matter how much you protest. Pete Rose wearing a "batting helmet".
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Post by mbabeav on Jul 11, 2018 9:43:44 GMT -8
When I was in high school, our coach decided that everyone had to wear batting helmets on defense! We protested but to no avail. I have no idea what the other teams thought of this, but I felt rather foolish standing out there in center field with a damned helmet on, instead of a school logo'd hat. John Olerud thinks your coach was a genius. The choice to wear the hard cover was Olerud's - he just felt safer and well, you see how well it worked for him, HOF and all.
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Post by Judge Smails on Jul 11, 2018 9:52:01 GMT -8
John Olerud thinks your coach was a genius. The choice to wear the hard cover was Olerud's - he just felt safer and well, you see how well it worked for him, HOF and all. A brain aneurysm will make that choice easier for anyone.
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Post by baseba1111 on Jul 11, 2018 9:53:05 GMT -8
Earflaps on batter's helmets were not made mandatory in MLB until 1983, although many players wore helmets with earflaps before that. The last MLB player to wear a batting helmet without earflaps was Tim Raines in 2002. You can call it a "skull cap" if you like. But it IS a batting helmet, no matter how much you protest. Pete Rose wearing a "batting helmet". O don't call it... everyone since the early 80's calls it... hence every manufacturer knows less than you two clowns!! Amazing... show and tell and you still argue like I just made it up! LMAO And... Smails...I can guarantee you did not play as much ball nor just play much period. That is not conjecture just from your various inane posts. If you'd played enough ball and in many locals you'd have heard of 'skull caps' long before my post. I may indeed come across as arrogant, and you may also hate it when I am correct, but I do know of what I speak. You like to correct others and like to jerk people around here... you were corrected with the current and correct vernacular... and in a non-threatening (although questioning your baseball background may seem that way to you?) short blurb. And, yet still try to cover your tracks versus just "never heard it called that". You now say/add "helmet"... but does it say "batting helmet" in each mention??? Since the advent of ear flaps batting helmets were specific to those with flaps... Olerud NEVER wore his skull cap to hit because it was not allowed in 1989 ('83 and on as mentioned... but, first appeared in like 1964-65). And catchers wore them for years and the same helmet was referred to a 'skull cap', and progressed to being shells without the 'bill' My gawd... next time I'll add a giant so you both know it was in sarcastic jest. Feel free to shoot the already dead equine
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Post by baseba1111 on Jul 11, 2018 9:54:43 GMT -8
John Olerud thinks your coach was a genius. The choice to wear the hard cover was Olerud's - he just felt safer and well, you see how well it worked for him, HOF and all. Had surgery on a brain hemorrhage... I think it had like a 12-15% recovery rate... actually had a 'skull cap' removed and replaced! So it was to protect at first and he said he just grew used to it!
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Post by mbabeav on Jul 11, 2018 10:00:42 GMT -8
The choice to wear the hard cover was Olerud's - he just felt safer and well, you see how well it worked for him, HOF and all. Had surgery on a brain hemorrhage... I think it had like a 12-15% recovery rate... actually had a 'skull cap' removed and replaced! So it was to protect at first and he said he just grew used to it! yup
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Post by Judge Smails on Jul 11, 2018 10:00:54 GMT -8
Earflaps on batter's helmets were not made mandatory in MLB until 1983, although many players wore helmets with earflaps before that. The last MLB player to wear a batting helmet without earflaps was Tim Raines in 2002. You can call it a "skull cap" if you like. But it IS a batting helmet, no matter how much you protest. Pete Rose wearing a "batting helmet". O don't call it... everyone since the early 80's calls it... hence every manufacturer knows less than you two clowns!! Amazing... show and tell and you still argue like I just made it up! LMAO And... Smails...I can guarantee you did not play as much ball nor just play much period. That is not conjecture just from your various inane posts. If you'd played enough ball and in many locals you'd have heard of 'skull caps' long before my post. I may indeed come across as arrogant, and you may also hate it when I am correct, but I do know of what I speak. You like to correct others and like to jerk people around here... you were corrected with the current and correct vernacular... and in a non-threatening (although questioning your baseball background may seem that way to you?) short blurb. And, yet still try to cover your tracks versus just "never heard it called that". You now say/add "helmet"... but does it say "batting helmet" in each mention??? Since the advent of ear flaps batting helmets were specific to those with flaps... Olerud NEVER wore his skull cap to hit because it was not allowed in 1989 ('83 and on as mentioned... but, first appeared in like 1964-65). And catchers wore them for years and the same helmet was referred to a 'skull cap', and progressed to being shells without the 'bill' My gawd... next time I'll add a giant so you both know it was in sarcastic jest. Feel free to shoot the already dead equine You don't come across as arrogant. You come across as a top notch a-hole.
Please list your glorious baseball accolades so we can all marvel in your greatness. And if my 40 years of playing baseball isn't enough for you...too bad. I played last night. When was the last time you played?
FYI- "LMAO" is not the correct "vernacular". That is so early 2000's
And yes, it does mention in almost every article that Olerud wore a "batting helmet". There is not one mention of a skull cap.
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Post by baseba1111 on Jul 11, 2018 10:08:34 GMT -8
O don't call it... everyone since the early 80's calls it... hence every manufacturer knows less than you two clowns!! Amazing... show and tell and you still argue like I just made it up! LMAO And... Smails...I can guarantee you did not play as much ball nor just play much period. That is not conjecture just from your various inane posts. If you'd played enough ball and in many locals you'd have heard of 'skull caps' long before my post. I may indeed come across as arrogant, and you may also hate it when I am correct, but I do know of what I speak. You like to correct others and like to jerk people around here... you were corrected with the current and correct vernacular... and in a non-threatening (although questioning your baseball background may seem that way to you?) short blurb. And, yet still try to cover your tracks versus just "never heard it called that". You now say/add "helmet"... but does it say "batting helmet" in each mention??? Since the advent of ear flaps batting helmets were specific to those with flaps... Olerud NEVER wore his skull cap to hit because it was not allowed in 1989 ('83 and on as mentioned... but, first appeared in like 1964-65). And catchers wore them for years and the same helmet was referred to a 'skull cap', and progressed to being shells without the 'bill' My gawd... next time I'll add a giant so you both know it was in sarcastic jest. Feel free to shoot the already dead equine You don't come across as arrogant. You come across as a top notch a-hole.
Please list your glorious baseball accolades so we can all marvel in your greatness. And if my 40 years of playing baseball isn't enough for you...too bad. I played last night. When was the last time you played?
FYI- "LMAO" is not the correct "vernacular". That is so early 2000's
And yes, it does mention in almost every article that Olerud wore a "batting helmet". There is not one mention of a skull cap.
There you go... I'm "top notch"... you're just what? A notch?? I'm sure your illustrious 40 years is as high quality as your memory allows... including last night!! There are many who still "play"... and quantity rarely equates directly to quality
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Post by kersting13 on Jul 11, 2018 10:10:18 GMT -8
Earflaps on batter's helmets were not made mandatory in MLB until 1983, although many players wore helmets with earflaps before that. The last MLB player to wear a batting helmet without earflaps was Tim Raines in 2002. You can call it a "skull cap" if you like. But it IS a batting helmet, no matter how much you protest. Pete Rose wearing a "batting helmet". O don't call it... everyone since the early 80's calls it... hence every manufacturer knows less than you two clowns!! Amazing... show and tell and you still argue like I just made it up! LMAO And... Smails...I can guarantee you did not play as much ball nor just play much period. That is not conjecture just from your various inane posts. If you'd played enough ball and in many locals you'd have heard of 'skull caps' long before my post. I may indeed come across as arrogant, and you may also hate it when I am correct, but I do know of what I speak. You like to correct others and like to jerk people around here... you were corrected with the current and correct vernacular... and in a non-threatening (although questioning your baseball background may seem that way to you?) short blurb. And, yet still try to cover your tracks versus just "never heard it called that". You now say/add "helmet"... but does it say "batting helmet" in each mention??? Since the advent of ear flaps batting helmets were specific to those with flaps... Olerud NEVER wore his skull cap to hit because it was not allowed in 1989 ('83 and on as mentioned... but, first appeared in like 1964-65). And catchers wore them for years and the same helmet was referred to a 'skull cap', and progressed to being shells without the 'bill' My gawd... next time I'll add a giant so you both know it was in sarcastic jest. Feel free to shoot the already dead equine As expected, when called out for being incorrect, Baseba1111 is incapable of actually admitting he is incorrect. The batting helmet without earflaps may indeed be called a “skull cap”, but it is certainly a batting helmet. Go look at the players from the 1970s and you’ll see half of them wearing batting helmets without earflaps. Again, you may call them skull cap type batting helmets, but that DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE NOT BATTING HELMETS. The way you double, triple, quadruple down on refusing to admit when you’re wrong makes people think much worse of you than if you were to just admit you were wrong. Go see a shrink, because I think you must have some deep-seated mental issues that make you incapable of admitting even the most minor error. Let me re-state the logic: The fact that non-ear flap helmets are referred to by many as “skull caps” does not make them “not batting helmets”.
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Post by Judge Smails on Jul 11, 2018 10:21:29 GMT -8
You don't come across as arrogant. You come across as a top notch a-hole.
Please list your glorious baseball accolades so we can all marvel in your greatness. And if my 40 years of playing baseball isn't enough for you...too bad. I played last night. When was the last time you played?
FYI- "LMAO" is not the correct "vernacular". That is so early 2000's
And yes, it does mention in almost every article that Olerud wore a "batting helmet". There is not one mention of a skull cap.
There you go... I'm "top notch"... you're just what? A notch?? I'm sure your illustrious 40 years is as high quality as your memory allows... including last night!! There are many who still "play"... and quantity rarely equates directly to quality I'm still waiting for your baseball resume. Please share.
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Post by spudbeaver on Jul 11, 2018 12:24:43 GMT -8
Let me try to help you out here. This is where you should have stopped typing. If you really felt like you absolutely had to, maybe try this: You obviously never played the game... Huh, where I came from they were always called skull caps. In fact here is one of many examples of a baseball skull cap. Nice try!Just a helpful suggestion...
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Post by baseba1111 on Jul 11, 2018 13:30:55 GMT -8
Let me try to help you out here. This is where you should have stopped typing. If you really felt like you absolutely had to, maybe try this: You obviously never played the game... Huh, where I came from they were always called skull caps. In fact here is one of many examples of a baseball skull cap. Nice try!Just a helpful suggestion... True... depending on your audience. But, Mr 40 years playing baseball (I would guess ages 4-8 or 9 tee ball/coach pitch counts?) generally is correcting/dismissing people on being more precise. And, as always an uninvolved party chimes in with statements that were never typed. Like implying I stated they were ONLY called skull caps. The post I initially responded to was clearly incorrect as at the time of Olerud those were no longer "batting" helmets. However, I was sitting at Pdx, had time, and "baiting hooks" on this site is sort of fun. AND... very easy catch and release when dealing with those who call out others for exactly their MO. But... as stated, my initial post was clear and responded too in such a fashion that required no special lure. To you point again, to 95% of the posters my initial post would have been sufficient. Thx
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Post by lotrader on Jul 11, 2018 13:31:15 GMT -8
Women Softball Pitchers wear catcher-like masks when they pitch.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 13:38:26 GMT -8
Women Softball Pitchers wear catcher-like masks when they pitch. maybe that has something to do with pitching underhand leaves them more exposed than throwing over the top.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 14:17:59 GMT -8
JFC this was an honest question. I got some good answers and some that were sort of smart-assed (to which I responded equally smart-assed since deleted by admin..GRRRR). Batters also wear other 'protection' devices that they remove while on base. Sure some of this can hinder movement and the likely hood of a serious injury to these parts (elbows, ankles) is low while on a base. hey Phil, pro tip to prevent Admins from deleting your comments is to delete them yourself first. I do it all the time.
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