Fed Baseball to Played in Skirts Next Year

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Don't make promises you can't keep, but I digress.

I have worked a game with a lad who actually wore the helmet with the mask at the plate and in the field. He had surgery from an automobile accident to his mouth and jaw area. He and his doctor felt it was best that he protect the healing by doing this very thing. The lad said it felt a little funny at first in the field, but he got used to it rather quickly. He was a very fine shortstop to say the least.

Paul,

I have no side to take in the debate over mandating safety equipment. I really don't care at this point.

I simply think it's stupid the way people are drawn to attack someone's manhood or courage because they may believe that protection against injury may be worth some inconvenience.

If you want to attack the idea, then do it with facts and figures, not bravado and testosterone.