Batter's helmet

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The Batter's Helmet is an unlockable headwear item for the Scout. It appears as a team-colored, fibreglass batting helmet with a single ear-guard that fits over the Scout's regular hat. Despite the fact that batting helmets are worn to protect the batter from a ball to the head, the helmet does not prevent the stun effect if the player wearing it is hit by a baseball.

Trivia

• Roger Bresnahan created the first batting helmet after being struck on the head during a game.

• A batting helmet covers the back, top, and sides of the head, and at least one ear. The Scout has the ear-guard covering his right ear, leaving his left ear with the headset free.

• The left ear is covered for right-handed batters and the right ear for left-handed batters, whichever ear faces the pitcher. Since the Scout is a right-handed batter, he would seem to be wearing the wrong sided helmet. However, this could be because the Scout already wears the headset on his left ear.

• Batting helmets were not made mandatory in Major League Baseball until 1971, making the Scout somewhat of a pioneer.

• Even when this item is equipped, the Scout may still say, "Yo, I'm not even wearing a helmet!" on dominating a Soldier. That can be very ironic, especially when the Soldier is equipped with an all-class hat since none of them are helmets. They same applies to the Bonk helmet.

• Whilst the Batter's helmet is equipped, the Scout's default cap and headset piece is still visible from underneath, unlike the Bonk Helmet which completely removes the normal cap.

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Hats
view • talk • edit	Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy	All	All
Set 1	Batter's helmet	Soldier's stash	Pyro's beanie	Demoman's 'fro	Football helmet	Mining light	Prussian pickelhaube	Trophy belt	Fancy fedora	Ghastly gibus	Modest pile of hat
Set 2	Bonk helmet	Tyrant's helm	Brigade helmet	Glengarry bonnet	Officer's ushanka	Texas ten gallon	Vintage Tyrolean	Professional's panama	Backbiter's billycock	Mildly disturbing Halloween mask	Noble amassment of hats
Set 3	Ye olde baker boy	Stainless pot	Respectless rubber glove	Scotsman's stove pipe	Tough guy's toque	Engineer's cap	Otolaryngologist's mirror	Master's yellow belt	None	Bill's hat	Towering pillar of hats
Set 4	Troublemaker's Tossle Cap	Killer's Kabuto	Triboniophorus Tyrannus	Hustler's Hallmark	Hound Dog	Hotrod	None	Shooter's Sola Topi	Magistrate's Mullet
Hatless	Baseball Bill's Sports Shine	None	None	None	None	Texas Slim's Dome Shine	None	Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative	None	Cheater's lament	None
Miscellaneous Items	None	Gentle manne's service medal	None	None	None	None	Physician's Procedure Mask	None	Camera beard	None	None

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