Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Baseball Pitchers May Need to Wear Futuristic Helmets to Protect Their Brain [Sports]

A pitcher is in a pretty vulnerable spot on the baseball field: right smack dab in the middle of the action, straight in the line of fire. Easton-Bell decided that because of that potential danger, there was need for a new pitcher helmet that could absorb some of the potentially violent contact. The goal was to protect scary situations like Gunnar Sandberg, a high school kid who got hit in the head with a line drive and had to be put in a medically induced coma to reduce brain swelling, from happening again. Thankfully Sandberg is fine now, and is completely on board with a new pitcher helmet, telling people, "Wouldn't you rather wear this than be in the hospital for two months?". More »


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