D-Wright wears new helmet for safety, everyone laughs anyway

Holy helmets, Batman! We think that's David Wright(notes) sporting the new safety-conscious Rawlings S100 that we were telling you about earlier this week. Hey Dave? You in there? Hello?Oh we kid, we kid. Wright, of course, was wearing the new helmet on Tuesday night in Colorado because of the concussion he suffered after being hit in the head by a Matt Cain fastball on Aug. 15. The new helmet contains extra padding, which gives it the odd bulky look that players have previously publicly complained about and Rawlings says it allows the player's noggin to withstand a pitch of up to 100 miles per hour. Of course, It also made Wright the object of ridicule from his fellow players, like he was a Little Leaguer wearing Rec-Specs or something. From MLB.com:"Those guys were laughing at me on the other side," Wright said. "Our guys were laughing at me. All the guys on the field were yelling at me, so everything's back to normal I guess."The new helmet has als...