Just doing my job (07 May 2007).

Derek Fairchild’s batting helmet brim shows the effects of its collision with a ball during Saline’s game at Chelsea. The Saline second baseman made contact with a pitch from Chelsea’s Chad Nielsen, but he hit the ball up into his own head, and a piece of the helmet brim shattered on impact. Fairchild immediately went to the ground clutching his head, but the helmet took enough of the impact that he was not seriously injured; he finished his at-bat and played the rest of the game.

Saline defeated Chelsea, 5-2.

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