OT - hockey fact
 

My wife's cousin (also a female) emailed this to her and she forwarded it to me.

"A little known fact....

The first testicular guard "Cup" was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974.

That means it took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important."

Not to burst the balloon, but helmets were in use earlier than that. A lot of these email pass-alongs are really not well researched.

Killjoy.
:D

That is because some contact to the head wont kill you, but some contact to the groin and you wish you were dead.:eek:

The NHL made helmets mandatory in 1979 but about 70% of the players were already wearing them. Craig McTavish was the last NHL player to not wear a helmet (in 96 or 97?). The rule was grandfathered so McTavish was no obligated to wear one. I'm sure he did wear a cup though.

I always remember 1979 from the NHL perspective for 2 main reasons:

1. the mandatory helmet rule
2. Wayne Gretzky's rookie season in the NHL - scored 51 goals and 137 pts

The source was probably someone like the test marcher in Farmington ME. Hates men. Makes up stuff to justify the hate.

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Baseball Trivia ???
 

In Major League baseball, helmets were mandated in 1971, however, players who were grandfathered in could choose to not wear one if they wished.

Who was the last Major League player to bat without wearing a batting helmet, in 1979.

This guy?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/...22ff017690.jpg

Thats funny a Mark. My girls were just playing dolls today and one of their dolls name is Sarah Palin.:D they also sang some make up sarah palin song for about 15 minutes

I have no idea, but, let's have a little fun and take some guesses.

First guess: Gene Tenace

That's required knowledge for Red Sox fans. Bob Montgomery, backup catcher, late '70s.

I was sorta close....guessed a catcher. Wrong coast, tho.

Found this picture of him. BTW - the first player to wear a batting helmet was Roy "The Little Pansy" Smith. His teammates gave him that nickname.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Lb2K7yxw0J...n-the-head.jpg

Select A Prize From The Top Shelf ...
 

I had completely forgotten about Bob Montgomery until you posted that baseball card pic. It's all coming back now....he's one of those guys that seemed to come in every single pack. :mad:

I used to peel back the wrapper a bit so I could see the top card in the pack. If I already had quite a few of the top card, I went on to the next. They say it was random distribution of cards, but I always thought of one of the MAD Magazine articles which parodied Peanuts called "Misery is". One of the selections was "Misery is getting a new pack of baseball cards and getting 5 Marv Throneberrys."

I must've been the sucker that bought all those packs you peeked into. :)

Here's another one of those guys that seemed to come in every pack:

http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardI...17/669/07F.jpg

And then there was THIS guy...
 

Yeah, I used to get this guy in every pack. I must have had a couple of hundred of him. I've lost them all, but it's no big deal - right? After all - we just bought those packs for the high quality bubble gum.

http://www.electro-mech.com/team-spo...ll-cards-1.jpg

You mean you didn't stick those in your bicycle spokes?
http://www.jackiechankids.com/images...ed_bicycle.jpg

And, I thought 26 Yr Gap was showing his age! :)

I'm just glad they did invent the cup. I had a catcher in a spring league baseball game yesterday that hadn't been behind the plate in 3 years. The pitcher bounced a pitch right before the plate, the catcher didn't move to block it, so I blocked it with my cup. Thankfully it worked. After a minute of me "walking it off" and a short conversation with the catcher about doing his job, I was able to get back to work.

Btw, I did call it a "ball". Jump right on in with those comments. :D

I assume the pitch made it "ball three"? If it was "ball four", it's time to call Ripley. :eek:

C. Reggie Smith also wore the insert for Boston, but switched after the Conigliaro beaning.

Ball 2 1/2. :D