re: First female MLB affiliated manager hit in the eye with ball on 5th day of spring training

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Didn't they mandate base coaches had to wear helmets? Or is that just in the minors?

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Definitely in the minors.

ETA: And in the majors starting in 2008. Although the ball hit him in the neck and crushed an artery supplying blood to his brain, so ironically a helmet wouldn't have helped.