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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 ...
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The first three editions of Players Weekend took place on August 25–27, 2017; [3] August 24–26, 2018; [6] and August 23–25, 2019. [7] The special uniforms designed for Players Weekend were also worn during the MLB Little League Classic each of those seasons, with the Classic being held the Sunday prior to the start of Players Weekend—an exception was made in 2019, when teams ...
In 1974, a creative surgical procedure saved the career of L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tommy John after he tore his UCL. Today, an astonishing 35% of active MLB pitchers have had "Tommy John surgery ...
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