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During spring training before the 2023 MLB season, MLB allowed pitchers to wear PitchCom wristbands so they could call their own pitches. [4] As spring training ended, MLB allowed pitchers to request pitches on PitchCom during the 2023 regular season. [5] PitchCom also began to be used in the KBO League from July 2024. [6]
The first major-league player to wear spectacles was Will 'Whoop-La' White in 1878–86. [4] [5] Only pitchers dared wear glasses while playing until the early 1920s, when George 'Specs' Toporcer of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first outfielder to sport eyewear. Bespectacled pitchers are less rare as they have less need to field the ball.
The no-flap helmet is still utilized in baseball. Catchers often wear a flapless helmet along with a facemask to protect the head when receiving pitches. Occasionally, players other than catchers will wear a batting helmet without earflaps while playing a defensive position in the field. This is usually done by a player who has a higher-than ...
[Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league for the 2024 MLB season] 'I was just throwing wherever he wanted me to throw that pitch' There’s a reason pitchers and catchers report to Arizona ...
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Mets announcer Gary Cohen said the Mets' allegations against Musgrove's ear "smacked of desperation and was fairly embarrassing." The live commentary was met with boos from Mets fans at the stadium.
Pitchers across the league today have become fluent in the movement metrics that help define pitches, the detailed statistics that quickly gauge their performance and the language of pitch design ...
George Steinbrenner instituted the Yankees' personal appearance policy in 1973.. While facial hair was common in the early era of Major League Baseball, it had fallen out of fashion by the early 20th century, and instances of players growing beards and mustaches during the baseball season became rare.