Batting helmets have become so entrenched that it's easy to forget that making them mandatory was a 50 year process, full of fits and starts. One of those starts was 78 years ago this week, when the Dodgers announced they'd require their batters to wear a helmet invented by Lee MacPhail. Did it succeed? Mike and Bill look back at the history of helmets and the struggle to prioritize player safety in the face of tradition and embarrassment. Plus, happy birthday to Steve Finley and Marty McManus (and Bill)!