Mask

[batmagadanleadoff]

Following up on FK's Stanton mask post in the Spring Things thread, some other historical baseball masks.

[fimg=444]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6628205891_3c0db3f3fd_b.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=344]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3076/2691442370_414c2e1dbc_b.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=433]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5068/5748861862_8f68fcce61_b.jpg[/fimg][fimg=333]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3138/2659504371_0aa60fc8bc_b.jpg[/fimg]

[fimg=633]http://www.uni-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2015-03-02-at-12.47.53-PM.png[/fimg]

[fimg=333]http://i3.cpcache.com/product/1249389988/ellis_valentine_football_mask_light_tshirt.jpg?color=LightBlue&height=460&width=460&qv=90[/fimg]

Gary Roenicke
[fimg=533]http://www.uni-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/roenicke.png[/fimg]

Charlie Hayes
[fimg=644]http://www.uni-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/hayes.png[/fimg]

Marlon Byrd


[fimg=333]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxtc2SZIYAAAT0C.png:large[/fimg]

[MFS62]

Did Parker wear the helmet to protect himself from the batteries that fans threw at him?

Later

[Edgy MD]

Parker wore it because he came out on the wrong side of a collision with John Stearns.

Valentine wore the mask at least part of his tenure with the Mets, but photographic evidence does not abound.