I guess McCrapper was not that far off

[cyclonehokiece]

He may be crappy, but did he have inside information?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121027&content_id=40083442&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

[BRUMP]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[law_reb]

My senior year of high school I took a line drive to the face while pitching. After a broken cheek, nose, orbital socket(now made out of part of my rib), and just about every other part of my face, the only way the doctors would let me return to play again was by wearing a helmet with face protection. I wore it when I returned a couple months after surgery because I was determined I was going to play again. It completely changes things for a pitcher. Before, I had brought my hands up over my head as part of my delivery. Couldn't do that any more. It was odd, had been pitching that way since I was 7. I never felt comfortable. The helmet was too tight, too loose, couldn't hear as well, couldn't see as well. The doctors made me wear that dang thing for a year. If I was on the baseball field I had to wear it. Went through first fall in college wearing that thing. When I got to go without it in the spring I felt as though I had been released from prison. I can't imagine current major leaguers agreeing to something like wearing helmets on the mound. They are so precise with their mechanics, any change like that could cause problems. If not physical, possibly just in their head. It would almost need to be some type of protection that they don't even know is there. This is something that needs to start with young kids so they can grow up with it. It's not quite the same thing as putting a helmet on a base coach.

[Lindsay]

He may be crappy, but did he have inside information?

Not quite. After McCarthy's injury in September, Ken Rosenthal put out the notion: "MLB is studying protective headgear for pitchers, sources say."

He also stated, though, that "MLB does not intend to take such an extreme step" as requiring pitchers to wear helmets. Nonetheless, the issue is on the docket for the winter meetings.