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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
Betcha people were called sissies for wearing batting helmets. Should we ban batting helmets, or make them optional?
Bobby Layne called football players sissies for wearing face guards.
Jacques Plante got called a sissy for wearing a goalie mask.
Hockey players used to think it was sissy to wear a helmet. Should we let them take them off?
Heck, players got called sissies for using fielding gloves. The rules makers had to add the " may wear a glove" rules to declare it legal.
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Come on, Rich - you know what I am getting at!
This isn't LL baseball anymore. Hell, if someone wants to wear a face shield, fine but don't mandate it!