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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
Either he does, or I do. I have had one very similar to that for years-I have my throat protector hang from the bottom of the mask(I think it even came with directions)
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I called a game with Steve Yeager's kid catching. During the game, I quipped, "Thank your dad for inventing the throat protector."
He didn't know what I was talking about, so I told him how and why it was invented. (His dad was kneeling on deck and a sawed-off bat hit him, and the spike end lodged between his windpipe and his jugular vein. Legendary Dodger trainer Bill Buhler designed it and later marketed it.) Late in my game, the kid called Yeager over and asked him if my story was true, and he just started laughing. He also made a joke, "Why do you think we all drive such nice cars?"