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Old Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:11am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Tim C View Post
Mike Coolbaugh was hit in the left side of his neck.

As for helmets on base coaches it is a gut reaction by baseball.

Totally unneeded.
Agree. Heck, they're not even wearing helmets with earflaps. Those things protect them only from fly balls.
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