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Base coaches required to wear head protection

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071108&content_id=2296359&vkey=news_mlb&fext=. jsp&c_id=mlb

If I were a 3rd base coach I would have wanted protection long before  Mike Coolbaugh was killed by the line drive.  I have seen too many close calls.  I have always wondered why baserunners were required to wear helmets, but coaches weren't.