The safety of those on the mound in the game of baseball has become a hot topic recently. Baseball has seen an increase in head-related injuries to its pitchers and have had a hard time addressing it. The player’s union will resist any requirements to wear protection, but doesn’t player safety take precedence over anything else? Should pitchers wear protective headgear?
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Baseball, and all sports for that matter, has to learn. When you see an issue arise at the top level of the game, you go down to the lower levels to begin to address it.