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Fashion nightmare: Francisco Lindor goes to plate with wrong helmet

CLEVELAND — The wrong hat can be a fashion nightmare. Just ask Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor.

Lindor walked to home plate in the first inning Sunday wearing the wrong batting helmet.

A switch-hitter, Lindor had on the helmet he usually uses when he hits left-handed — with a protective flap on the right side. But he was facing Kansas City left-hander Danny Duffy and was going to hit right-handed.

Lindor apparently was the only player on the field who didn’t realize what was taking place.

“I guess everybody was screaming at me,” he said. “Everybody noticed but me.