Pitchers to wear caps with kevlar protection?
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb
I'm listening to this guy on MLB Radio right now - and he said for a TV news blip, he wore a 1/4" thick military grade kevlar protector on his chest, and had someone break a bat over his chest. They also designed Mike Vick's protection as well.
He also said these hats will be designed to absorb a 60 MPH comebacker off the front of the head, well within safety standards. Crazy stuff, but about time. I can't think of anything more horrific than a comebacker off a pitchers head. That Chris Jakabauskas (sp?) incident still sticks in my mind, where the ball went off his head, and was able to land behind the out stretched catching hand of his catcher.