11.   Edmonds, caught up in the spirit of things, even went the extra yard and taped a halo onto the top of his batting helmet before the game.

12.   Failing to carry batting helmets back to the dugout?

13.   For the first couple weeks, there were no bases or batting helmets.

14.   For the remainder of the season, players will wear American flag insignias on the back of their jerseys, batting helmets and caps.

15.   He adjusts his batting helmet with one hand.

16.   He drives across town with batting helmets and dusty shinguards rattling around in his trunk.

17.   He put his batting helmet on backward and stepped across the plate to bat right-handed.

18.   He slipped on his new batting helmet, looked over the gloss and shine on it and scoffed.

19.   He then put his batting helmet on backward and stepped across the plate to bat righthanded.

20.   He tugged on the bill of his batting helmet, flexed his shoulders and began punishing baseballs, whacking seven shots over the fences.