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Old Wed May 22, 2013, 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by CecilOne View Post
We often see players warming up pitchers w/o catching helmets. Often they try to use a batting helmet because the team only has one catching helmet.
Then if they want to warm up a pitcher, they need to either wait until they're on offense (so that the lone catcher's helmet becomes available), or they need to come up with a second helmet.

As for your question, I honestly don't think any nationally-sanctioned organization would consider using a batter's helmet to warm up the pitcher. The NOCSAE certification standard for batting helmets is much different than the standard for catcher's helmets. And even if you attached a dangler to the bottom bar of the mask on a batter's helmet, it wouldn't provide the right protection.
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