[nickrego]

I think it will change the game dramatically. You are going to see less hits, and more Strike-Outs.

The local batting cage I USED to go to, requires full caged helmets to be worn. Let me tell you, you can't hit the broad side of a barn, let alone a 60+ MPH baseball, with one of those things on.

I am a really good hitter, as far as making solid contact, with a variety of pitches. But with one of those caged helmets on, I could barely get a foul tip. After a while, I started connecting, but it was really tough, because you had to track the ball through one of the gaps in the cage. That means, the head is not strictly tracking with the ball, but also moving to keep the ball in that little window.

I would not be surprised if more batters get hit in general, just because they can't see the ball, or lose track of the ball.

I think this is another case of someone making policy, that has never had to use the policy. Kind of like the morons who design forms that have boxes too small to fit the information they demand, and then reject the form.