Justbaseball,
Unfortunately the USF coach is shakey on his knowledge of baseball history and I think when making arguments on such a controversial subject we ne to get our facts right. Baseball did not go to helmets in 1920 when Chapman of Cleveland was killed by a pitch. Helmets were not used until the mid 1950's and even then often inserts were used or players were not required to use them. Some players such as Ted Williams were not using helmets as late as 1960. The ear flap type was not made manditory until around 1970. I am not arguing against wood as I agree we should go to wood also but baseball has in general been very slow to react even in the face of tragedies.