41.   Since the surgery, he has always worn a batting helmet while playing first base, as extra protection.

42.   Small holes were cut in the back of batting helmets to accommodate ponytails, but extricating the hair from the hole can be a hassle.

43.   The Consumer Product Safety Commission last summer recommended the use of batting helmets with face guards but stopped short of mandating them.

44.   The HeadRite Batting Trainer is a funky batting helmet equipped with an electronic sensing system.

45.   The left fielder tipped his batting helmet to the cheering fans as he jogged the short jog from first base to the dugout.

46.   There were new batting helmets.

47.   There were American flags on the backs of uniform jerseys, flags on baseball caps and batting helmets, and flags fluttering throughout the stands.

48.   Vaughn walks around camp with a batting helmet on his head and says little about anything.

49.   With two out and nobody on in the eighth, Clemens donned a batting helmet and stepped toward the plate.

50.   Play was halted while more than a dozen police and security staff took the field after fans pelted the outfield with trash, including bottles and a batting helmet.