tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post6202488980073546249..comments2023-10-17T10:45:07.796-04:00Comments on FJB: Maybe They'll Finally Protect CatchersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-90472594606042986922011-05-28T12:26:59.990-04:002011-05-28T12:26:59.990-04:00That's why I would be for the helmet change. ...That's why I would be for the helmet change. A pitch to the face can kill a person let alone a career. Rare as it is there's no reason outside of player pride that keeps it from happening. Hockey didn't get worse with new helmets. Football didn't. Baseball won't (as long as it's brought up from the low levels so the new players are used to it.)<br /><br />I'd also outlaw headfirst slides into first. I'm all for outlawing dumb. But not in general. There are advantages to the slide that makes it worthwhile<br /><br />The OF wall would change the game. The dugout thing seems too rare to matter.Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-72395855245120512362011-05-27T16:34:18.753-04:002011-05-27T16:34:18.753-04:00Maybe the wall. There isn't a bright line--it&...Maybe the wall. There isn't a bright line--it's a matter of of degree. The relative degree of injury risk. A runner can completely blindside an defenseless catcher (gear notwithstanding), and the injury risk is very very high.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-27811180003532345652011-05-27T16:27:25.349-04:002011-05-27T16:27:25.349-04:00Here's are tangents that I'm not comparing...Here's are tangents that I'm not comparing to the catcher situation. They just popped in my head when thinking about other avoidable injury situations in baseball and I was wondering what you think. <br /><br />Would you advocate forcing all players to wear full helmets (let's face it the vision thing isn't as important as players always make it out to be)?<br /><br />Would you make changes in the OF wall that would virtually insure no injuries upon collision but would also deaden all balls hit to it? <br /><br />Would you outlaw headfirst slides knowing that they do not increase the speed in which you reach a base? What about for the dumbest play ever - sliding into first? <br /><br />Nets in front of the dugouts?Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.com