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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:34 pm | |
| Andy Van Slyke and Gene Lamont will wear helmets next year as will all other first and third base coaches. I can't find a link to this, but ESPN has this on the bottom line. | |
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SoulRat DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:45 pm | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:00 pm | |
| Vin Scully will be very happy! | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:52 pm | |
| Aren't most coaches hard-headed to begin with? | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:51 pm | |
| After the Cardinals player was severely hurt, and a third base coach died (can't remember the team), it's about time. Skull bones are strong, but no match for a 95-mph baseball. | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:12 am | |
| Safety First! About time they wear them! | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:14 am | |
| I'm as traditionalist as it gets, but this is a good idea. I mean I like hockey with no helmets and football with leather helmets, but sometimes you have to sacrifice tradition for safety.
People have died as recently as this year from a foul ball. Ray Chapman was killed in 1920 when a pitch hit him in the head. They didn't wear helmets back then.... | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:16 am | |
| I like hockey players without them! But safety is important! amazing that goalies went without masks once! | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:18 am | |
| - gs78 wrote:
- I like hockey players without them! But safety is important! amazing that goalies went without masks once!
Goalies weren't happy to get them either! They thought it'd interfere with their vision. Can you imagine not having a mask?! | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:49 pm | |
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bobrob2004 DTF1 MODERATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 10646 Age : 39 Location : Warren, MI Reputation : 12 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:15 pm | |
| Here's a link!
Base coaches to wear head protection GMs decision comes four months after Coolbaugh's death
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Baseball wants to prevent another tragic accident like the one that killed Mike Coolbaugh. General managers decided Thursday that base coaches will wear some sort of head protection next season, a move that came four months after Coolbaugh was struck in the neck by a line drive during a Minor League game.
A former Major Leaguer, Coolbaugh was a coach for the Rockies' Double-A team in Tulsa when he died July 22. He had been hit by a liner as he stood in the first-base coach's box during a Texas League game at Arkansas.
Some Major League coaches responded by wearing helmets the rest of the season.
"There was a sentiment that as a concept this was a good idea," said Joe Garagiola Jr., senior vice president for baseball operations in the Commissioner's office.
GMs will decide on the exact form of protection when they meet next month at the Winter Meetings.
"We're going to come back in Nashville with some options: liners, hard caps, helmets without flaps, helmets with flaps," Garagiola said.
Larry Bowa, the Dodgers' new third-base coach, understands the decision and already has a preference for headgear.
"They're just trying to take safety measures," Bowa said. "I prefer to wear an insert. With an ear flap, I would definitely think it would be a hindrance, it would get in the way."
While no formal vote was taken, Garagiola said the thinking of the GMs was clear.
"Everybody just felt it was a situation that made sense," Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said.
Many batters started wearing helmets after Ray Chapman, a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, was killed when he was hit by a pitch during a game in 1920. A rule requiring helmets for batters was adopted in 1971.
"If you think about the evolution of the batting helmet, unfortunately what ended up happening this year is essentially what happened with Ray Chapman," Oakland general manager Billy Beane said. "I think we need to come up with a recommendation."
Garagiola said the recommendation adopted by the GMs next month will not need additional approvals.
Coolbaugh's widow, Amanda, gave birth to his daughter, Anne Michael, on Friday in San Antonio, the Drillers said.
Rockies players voted Amanda Coolbaugh a full postseason share last month. The couple's two sons, 5-year-old Joseph and 3-year-old Jacob, threw out ceremonial first pitches before Game 3 of Colorado's NL Division Series against Philadelphia. | |
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bobrob2004 DTF1 MODERATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 10646 Age : 39 Location : Warren, MI Reputation : 12 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:16 pm | |
| I'm glad they are doing something about this. I can't believe that they didn't do something sooner. Like when they mandated the batters to wear helmets. | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:00 pm | |
| thanks for the Mike Coolbaugh article. Damn, sometimes we have so much fun with this game we forget how dangerous it can be sometimes. | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:09 pm | |
| Should have done this much sooner! | |
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SoulRat DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:59 pm | |
| - gs78 wrote:
- Should have done this much sooner!
I agree... I'm just glad they are FINALLY doing this! | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 27687 Age : 46 Location : Trashy Park Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Dontrelle Willis, Brandon Inge, Maggs, Verlander, Granderson, Pudge and Todd Jones Reputation : 9 Registration date : 2007-10-06
| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:05 pm | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:44 pm | |
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GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:53 pm | |
| At least theirs will not be covered in pine tar, some of those yankee batters have more tar on their helmets than the trees had to start with! | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:28 pm | |
| I hate those dirty helmets covered with pine tar | |
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iluvpudge7 Erie SeaWolf
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:25 am | |
| it's seeping into their BRAINS! | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:07 pm | |
| - gogetemtigers wrote:
- At least theirs will not be covered in pine tar, some of those yankee batters have more tar on their helmets than the trees had to start with!
Nobody's helmet has more pine tar than the Predator!! | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:08 pm | |
| .....except for maybe Vladdy!! | |
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SoulRat DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:33 pm | |
| Or Manny | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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SoulRat DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:01 pm | |
| oh | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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SoulRat DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:07 pm | |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger
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SoulRat DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Base coaches will wear helmets in 2008 Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:10 pm | |
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