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Phu Bai
MLB recently requires base coaches to wear "batting helmets"(after the Coolbaugh incident)...
Has there ever been discussion of base umpires wearing such protection? or do they already wear inserts?
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Yes, two of them actually … but probably not what you are thinking … this is slow pitch softball protective gear.
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