Really enjoyed the series Paul thank you for the interesting education! I am an advocate (have written a post on protecting pitchers from line drives), of the idea pitchers in Little League should begin to wear more head protection than a baseball cap. That way the hurlers will be accustomed to it as they get older and better. With increasing exit velocities in MLB the unthinkable is not so unthinkable! Happy Holidays to you and your family!
I think that makes a lot of sense, and takes on many of the psychological proclivities we saw keeping batters away from helmets in this story. Aesthetically I think there's some work to do yet, but imagine in 50 years we look back at 2025 and wonder how pitchers just tolerated the risk of getting hit by a line drive. Thanks for reading and your feedback, Mark, and for all the great work you (and Gordon!) do.
Really enjoyed the series Paul thank you for the interesting education! I am an advocate (have written a post on protecting pitchers from line drives), of the idea pitchers in Little League should begin to wear more head protection than a baseball cap. That way the hurlers will be accustomed to it as they get older and better. With increasing exit velocities in MLB the unthinkable is not so unthinkable! Happy Holidays to you and your family!
I think that makes a lot of sense, and takes on many of the psychological proclivities we saw keeping batters away from helmets in this story. Aesthetically I think there's some work to do yet, but imagine in 50 years we look back at 2025 and wonder how pitchers just tolerated the risk of getting hit by a line drive. Thanks for reading and your feedback, Mark, and for all the great work you (and Gordon!) do.