The Pussification Of America Continues…Easton Invents Helmets For Pitchers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Easton-Bell Sports sent out a press release today regarding a helmet designed to protect pitchers.
From the company:
The Easton-Bell Sports pitching helmet prototype uses lightweight energy managing materials to provide protection to the most vulnerable areas of the head, without compromising comfort or performance. The helmet is made of expanded polystyrene polycarbonate, which is attached to a comfortable liner and elastic strap.
There was a time in baseball when catchers didn’t wear a mask. And no hitter would think to go to the plate today without a helmet. Almost every park has a fence in front of the dugout to protect players, too. It might take 10 years — or some awful injury — but the day is coming when a pitcher wears a helmet.Let me ask you this, would you send your kid out to the mound without one?
Would I send my kid to the mound without a helmet on? Umm yes because I’d rather have my kid take a line drive off the brain than look like some chump dickhead on the mound. Plus what type of message does that send to the batter? That you have no confidence in your stuff? That you expect him to hit a pea rod back off your face? That’s a losers mentality. I want my kids acting like Rod Beck when he was throwing 70 for the Sox. Just peacocking it around and staring motherfuckers in the eye. That’s right sucker I’m going to strike your ass out. Not trying to raise some dickhead looking Bryce Flores wannabe.
annd 10 years too late for bryce florie…..too soon?
i hate to say it, but that kind of looks like wes welker. i know welker wouldnt even wear pads or a helmet on sundays if it was his choice
Pres if your kid turned his head quick enough his beak would ricochet that liner right back.
you might not want to send your kid out with a helmet on…..but the first lady will and you will cave in quicker than a 5 story shack in Port-au-Prince. and that my friends is the Pussification of Portnoy
Florie got hit in the face
IN THE FACE
So the helmet would do nothing. If I remember correctly Lou Merloni caught the ball after hit hit his eye
Who was that first baseman we had on the Sox a few years back that wore a helmet when playing the field? That was lame….
Olerud
“I want my kids acting like Rod Beck when he was throwing 70 for the Sox”
A+
blog grade C
okay comment, but not getting to the point. Anti-feminism points would be HILARIOUS here.
See how it’s done with a safety anecdote:
This is what happens when women get involved in making decisions. Lil Johnny can’t tie his shoes, but he knows that if he doesn’t get his helmet before going up to bat mommy will yell at him. When he goes to play first base he smiles at mommy again as he grabs his helmet. Then in the inning where he gets to pitch (or play the pitcher’s position while the coach pitches) he grabs his new fancy hat with padding everywhere.
As Johnny grows up he always sits in the back of the car, is never alone at home though the babysitter smokes so much pot she almost sets the house on fire, and Johnny cries during sports when some “meanie plays too rough.” Lil Johnny doesn’t go the college he qualifies for, doesn’t get the girl he likes or the job he deserves. All because Johnny has always “played it safe.” As his 40th birthday comes Johnny still lives in mommy’s basement and is still a virgin. On his 40th birthday Johnny kills his mom, sets the house on fire and escapes to Mexico to work for $3.50/hour. How’s that for playing it safe?
Take some fucking chances bro!
could have sworn this would be about brady
“Would I send my kid to the mound without a helmet on? Umm yes because I’d rather have my kid take a line drive off the brain than look like some chump dickhead on the mound.”
A+ Blogging gold Pres.
Why is it that on Barstool NYC and Philly, all the comments are positive towards the respected blog writers, yet everyone is Boston fuckin HATES on El Pres? I mean, don’t get me wrong, their blog and wit a seriously dwarfing that of Pres’. Here’s a weeks worth of Pres’ blogs. Soccer is for pussies, come to our BIG EVENT, trivia night, teacher sex scandal, something terrible, Sophie Turner’s ass, come to our BIG EVENT, trivia night, teacher sex scandal, something terrible, Sophie Turner’s ass, event, trivia, terrible, ass, event, trivia, terrible, ass… hmmmmmmm this “new coke” formula is doing it for me…
El Pres is just doing this blogging thing till he gets a full time radio gig on XM.
I thought that blog was fucking hilarious, succinct and on point.
Sorry nitehawk, but i’d leave the blogs to Pres if i were you
Spoken like a 32 year old blogger who doesn’t have kids yet.
You dont have to worry about your kid getting hit with a line drive, he will inherit your athletic ability so he’ll probably be one of those geeks into role playing games, bugs, coin collections, telescopes and shit like that.
jay bizzle (sick handle there sparky )
is your boyfriend MAKING you read it ?
This is the first time you have made me laugh today EP. Nice too see you getting back to your old self. I’m sure its from the relief you feel being done with your little radio program.
pres, let’s be real. if a woman actual allows you to impregnate her, there’s no way that child is going to be the sporting type. no, not even baseball
What’s next, helmets for surfing the internet?
Because this story makes me want to bang my fucking head against my screen.
Use your glove, and if it does hit you… your too slow, but you tried. Next up….
would your kid wear a nose guard?
id rather take a line drive off the head than wear that thing
Wow Jaxeman, you’re such a tough guy. Olerud had a BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. I wouldn’t be giving him shit, he would’ve been the next Ted Williams if he didn’t have that accident.
I used to wear a helmet in the field, because I also have had several brain surgeries. I still managed to make MVP, and set the league record for most K’s (granted this was little league – I suck now since I blew out my arm). And I wouldn’t call myself a pussy, I’ve pitched with a broken leg, and finished a tryout with a broken wrist. Sometimes you assholes don’t know when to shut the fuck up.
All you guys talking about how people need to “man up” would probably pass out at the sight of your own blood. Have a doctor cut your neck open while you’re still conscious and then talk to me. This helmet’s a good idea.
karl lay off the roids man
Prez, have you ever got hit with a 100+ mile an hour line drive hit right back at ya from 60 ft. away. I have, and its not fun. Luckily I had good reflexes to at least not let it hit me in the head, but I have been hit everywhere else, back, shoulder, elbow, legs, stomach, and every single time it sucks and scares the shit out of you. Best invention baseball has made in a while. hopefully it catches on. dont even care if I sound like a puss. Oh, and I didnt suck in high school, Div 1 varsity, and went 7-1 in my junior and senior year and threw in the low 80′s. So dont try to pull the “you got hit cause you suck” card.
I’m thinking its a good idea, stop a line drive by using your head now instead of ducking, maybe even learn to deflect it directly to first for the out
Is that helmet model Wes Welker?
“my junior and senior year and threw in the low 80′s. So dont try to pull the “you got hit cause you suck” card.”
Goodman you suck… nice low 80′s stat too, is that suppose to be impressive? and who cares how hard you throw you’re taking piss rods to the dome, get yourself an L screen or just stay in the pen
Actually, biscuit, that post was fueled by booze not tha juice. Sorry, I just get pissed when people insult guys like Olerud – granted I took it a bit too far. But I stand by my point that the majority of posters calling for people to man up are pussies.