Posted by MikeT23 on 10/26/2012 3:06:00 PM (view original):
Posted by deathinahole on 10/26/2012 3:02:00 PM (view original):
Batters get hit in the face too. Should they wear a shield? At the very least, they don't take off their helmet and go "the odds are I'm going to get hit in the face anyway".
Batters are instructed to move. Pitchers aren't.
Should pitchers wear shinguards? 64% of pitchers hit by batted balls are hit below the belt. At what point do we say "This just isn't safe. Scrap this ******* game!"
Seriously, I have to drive to the gym in a couple of hours. Exercising could cause cardiac arrest. It happens. Or I could get hit by a car on the way. It happens. Should I skip the gym? Or should I say "Life is full of risks. You can't live it if you hope to avoid all of them."
Last time I checked, it's pretty hard to get killed having a batted ball cranked off your shin.
Even if you break it down to "career ending injury" instead of "killed", I'm not against a helmet for the pitcher. I think the first pitcher that does it will be a Jacques Plante, who was the first goalie to wear a mask; ridicule, mockery, then other pitchers do it, then 40 years from now he's hailed as an innovator.