Of course, I miss the no-flap helmets (think Winnie & Reggie), but safety over style . . .

Probably not, but it makes good copy.

Having said that, players will get used to the new S100′s like they got used to all the other style of helmets in the league. Technology caught up with the other equipment, so it’s not surprising that it would catch up to batting helmets as well.

And though what you say makes sense, it’s still not quite right for the same reason, ie they didn’t come up with this three-inning starts business until a couple weeks ago or less. Originally – allegedly – they were going to pitch him less but for “full” outings.

i was working at a record store at the time and we spun that album every day and i loved it! i didn’t dig their sophomore record til a few years later. i shunned Amorica for even more years and finally succumbed to it at my brothers’ behest.

fast forward a lot of years and my brother was still a HUGE Crowes fan. i got 3 Snakes & By Your Side (i understand your sentiment about what were probably the radio songs) and i couldn’t believe how great the band was and how good the songwriting was.

i didn’t much care for Lions and the double live record isn’t very good. the new one is really non-descript. i spun it about twice and shelved it.

fwiw, the few times i’ve met Colt, he’s been very cool to me. then again, i rent a room at his studio, so there’s that! ; )

[10] There’s also the fact that they didn’t know then that they’d have such a big lead now. Most of all, however, its that expanded rosters give them the bullpen depth to absorb those shorts starts as well as the short outings by the 5th starter(s). So, not to be rude, but no, it wouldn’t have.

Jeter… reached the 2,700 mark earlier than anyone except Hank Aaron and Robin Yount. Jeter will soon record the 10th 190-hit season of his career, which will tie him with Stan Musial for third most all-time behind Pete Rose (13) and Ty Cobb (12).

check out Black Crowes albums # 4 & 5 – 3 Snakes & One Charm and By Your Side. yes, stay away from War Paint – the new(ish) reunion record…

i can’t believe helmets weren’t mandatory until 1971. wow.

i had NO idea Scooter was the first…

i never made the Ace/King correlation, but i kinda see it now.

Ace really is a great cat. he was really wonderful with the fans in the outfield and bullpen the 2 games i saw him here in Atlanta.

i may not be right, but i believe Wright has already ditched the new helmet and is back to wearing his regular one. i know i saw some highlights about that…

But I guess that makes no sense, since now that I think about it, I know they didn’t use them in the ’20s, but I guess I thought surely by 1940 they were standard issue.

Never heard about Scooter being the pioneer in that regard. Thanks for the history lesson!

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And I never noticed the Leyritz-Aceves thing before, but now that you mention it I can see it.

I wonder about this. In a century of baseball, how many careers have been ruined by beanings? How many lives ended? At what point does concern for safety offer diminishing returns.

It could be argued that any risk of loss of life should be eliminated at any cost. If even one future life is saved, then it’s worth it. I might be persuaded by this.

I’m not convinced that “countless careers” will be saved.

As for the helmet thing, Wright looks more like one of the Spaceball’s shock troops than Dark Helmet himself, but it’s much funnier to call him Dark Helmet. Good on Wright for being a trailblazer, what he’s doing now will save countless careers and maybe even some lives down the road, but poor Ryan Dempster. He wore the thing first and no one cared.