NEW YORK -- By the end of this week, at least a dozen big league pitchers will have padded caps to try out as Major League Baseball looks into ways to improve protection against head injuries from ...

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San Diego Padres reliever Alex Torres became the first pitcher to wear a protective padded cap during Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Major League Baseball approved the caps in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A specially padded baseball cap that Jackie Robinson wore for protection against beanballs has sold for $590,994 at auction. Related Articles Photos: MLB celebrates 70th anniversary of ...

Six days before the first anniversary of the scary episode in which he suffered a concussion on a line drive that struck his right ear, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb said Monday he is about to ...

It will not be fashionable, though that’s hardly the point. At least hopefully. But pitchers now have a decision to make: to wear a padded baseball cap or not? That’s an issue each pitcher will now ...

WEBVTT THERE TO BRING IT TO YOU LIVE ON KMBC DOT COM AND THE KMBC APP. JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING TRAINING THIS YEAR - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST APPROVED A NEW PADDED CAP TO TRY TO PROTECT PITCHERS FROM ...

Major League Baseball announced that it has approved the use of padded caps to protect pitchers from hard-hit balls. All 30 teams were informed Tuesday morning of the decision after consulting with ...

After months of testing prototypes, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it has approved a padded cap for pitchers to use for protection from line drives, reports William Weinbaum of ESPN.