Neck guard sales jump after Sask. hockey player slashed by skate
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More adult players are now investing in the protective equipment.
Major League Baseball has done one thing in spring training I really hope we see move into the regular season.
Players are wearing microphones during games. You can hear Mike Trout decipher what he thinks is coming as a pitch. You can hear Kris Bryant joke about being tired after running out a hit that ended up foul.
It’s more access — more inside baseball, so to speak.
But please, MLB, don’t stop this after spring training. Give us more in the regular season. Let us hear the benches truly chirp the other team, or even better, hear the banter we see in the dugout. We’ve always wondered what’s going on, so it would be more entertaining if we actually know.
And all you have to do is air the family-friendly stuff if the players are worried about saying things they wouldn’t want their mothers or kids to hear.
The CFL is trying this but it has focused too much on football’s inside terminology that 99 per cent of the fans don’t understand.
MLB is using the lighter side of the sport, and it’s something I hope sticks.