One of the more nerve-racking Job in baseball game is support on that ewer ’s mound . Not only are you try on to forefend giving up a hit , you also want to avoid taking a note drive to the head . A baseball cap provides zero protection , but a newlightweight carbon fiber insertwants to transfer that .
baseball game league across the country have experimented with slipway to protect a pitcherful ’s chief during a game , but they either appear cockeyed , are ineffective , or are so heavy that they impact the pitcher ’s performance .
A company call Safer Sports Technologies has formulate a lightweight insert made from carbon fibre and kevlar to protect a pitcher ’s straits from their ear to the middle of their brow . It weighs just two ounces , and when stick in into the sweat liner of a hat calculate invisible and feels like it ’s barely there .
In other words , pitchers might really be willing to use one .
With one of the carbon fibre guards under their lid a mound can survive taking a line thrust to the head at speeds of up to 94 miles per hour . They ’re decidedly still work to feel the impact , but the damage and recoil will be far less severe . And while Safer Sports Technologies has n’t come on Major League Baseball to ensure their creation is officially approved , the league does n’t prohibit pitcher from wear out trade protection as long as it does n’t interpose with any of the game ’s official prescript .
So how can you get one ? The party has already been produce its under - lid armor for about a yr , but its late launched a modest$5,000 Kickstarter campaignto make its world usable to more players . With a pledge of $ 60 you could pre - order a duad of odd and right head guards size for younger players , while the pro interpretation designed for adult is just $ 20 more .
bringing is expected sometime in August if the Kickstarter cause is successful , but mold with carbon fiber and kevlar can be difficult . So the caller point out there might be delays , but the last thing anyone wants , especially pitchers , is for them to cut corners and attempt to rush them into thespian ’s hands — or hats .
[ KickstarterviaGizmag ]
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