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  • Giancarlo Stanton to Wear Protective Face Guard

    More than four months have passed since Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton took a fastball to the face, prematurely ending his MVP-worthy season.

    Stanton, who sustained several facial fractures and dental damage Sept. 11, plans to wear a protective face guard when batting this season.

    When speaking with media after signing his record-breaking 13-year, $325 million deal in November, Stanton said he had been in contact with St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jason Heyward, who has worn a face guard since getting hit by a pitch August 2013 while with the Atlanta Braves.
    "There's no concerns on our part," president of baseball operations Michael Hill said via teleconference from Tokyo last week. "We've worked closely with Giancarlo and the helmet manufacturer. He'll be wearing a cage to protect the injured area. He's worked out with it. There's no issues that will prevent him from being ready and 100 percent for spring training and a productive 2015."

    During last week's feature titled "The Offseason: Hope in Chicago and Miami" with Peter Gammons on MLB Network, Stanton said he still doesn't have complete feeling on the upper left part of his lip. His jaw is also a "little off when I open it wide. It'll pop out (on the right side) a little bit."

    The 25-year-old is still getting dental surgeries that remind him of the incident, which he refuses to watch again. It hasn't affected his offseason workout much, just on days when he has procedures.

    "I try not to focus on them, because I know it'll be a slow process of getting out of," Stanton said during the special. "I've looked past that in terms of thinking about it."
    http://www.foxsports.com/florida/sto...ce-mask-020215

    Reeeeeeeeeeeeeally not a fan of those comments to Gammons
    Originally posted by Madman81
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  • #2
    Originally posted by emkayseven View Post
    http://www.foxsports.com/florida/sto...ce-mask-020215

    Reeeeeeeeeeeeeally not a fan of those comments to Gammons
    Why are you concerned about those comments?

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    • #3
      can't wait til he hits .220 this season

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      • #4
        Because it's been 5 months and he still has relatively major repercussions from it. Not being able to feel part of your face isn't a good thing. And as someone with TMJ I can tell you that popping feeling in your jaw is incredibly annoying and distracting even during the day.
        Originally posted by Madman81
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        • #5
          I had similar surgery but obviously for a different reason. Don't really regain the feeling in the area of the face. It's honestly not a big deal.

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          • #6
            .220 with 52 dongs.

            AMIRITE

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            • #7
              .170 BABIP would be impressive
              poop

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              • #8
                Kinda amazing to think about, the guy who's gonna be the highest paid baseball player ever is the same guy who got his face fucked up two months before.

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                • #9
                  I understand his reasoning for wearing it this year, and don't think it will cause any issue.

                  But do you guys think he wears the cage-like thing on the helmet for the rest of his long career, or takes it off after this year and the comfort in the box is back? It's hard to imagine our best player wearing that thing for the rest of his career; Heyward looks like a doofus with what he wears.

                  Will Stanton wear it beyond this year you guys think?

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                  • #10
                    He can wear an astronaut helmet for all I care if he's comfortable in it and crushing baseballs.

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                    • #11
                      I would prefer that, actually.

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                      • #12
                        It would be cooler with a motorcycle helmet.

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                        • #13


                          He could hit wearing this for all I care.

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                          • #14
                            But do you think its just for the 2015 season or rest of his career - your opinion

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                            • #15
                              I feel like if he wears it and he feels comfortable and hits well with it, he'll wear it for the rest of his career. I mean, why wouldn't he?

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