Nerd of the Year Award

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First Nerd to Wear Guardian Helmet

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Lunchbox

Lunchbox

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Memento said:
While that is true, Chapman's death was cited as one of the main reasons why they should become mandatory when it passed.
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It may have been, but I'd bet the Tony Conigliaro beaning in 1967 had as much to do with with the timing as anything.
 
Memento

Memento

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Lunchbox said:
It may have been, but I'd bet the Tony Conigliaro beaning in 1967 had as much to do with with the timing as anything.
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Also agreed, but Chapman's death was cited as the biggest reason for the mandatory change, along with Mickey Cochrane's near-fatal and career-ending injury - Cochrane himself gave a statement saying that players should "absolutely have to wear protective headgear" - for the change. It didn't hold until much later, unfortunately; Ford Frick tried his best to make it mandatory, but it didn't stick.

But back to this subject: the new helmet could make Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" look like a fucking alpha jock, and I'd still prefer it over a player dying on the field or shortly after. Reputations can be lost or earned and kept; lives are absolutely irreplaceable.
 
Neil039

Neil039

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snackdaddy said:
Guardian helmets? Pfffft! This all they need.

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@Loyal ~ Hey I wear this on the toilet while I read the news
 
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