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When your teeth are clinched, if you take a blow to the head, your brain absorbs all of the impact. That little bit of "bounce" that the mouthpiece provides helps absorb all of that impact without transferring the force to the brain.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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