Tigers catcher Alex Avila wears awesome electrified facemask

What in the name of Sparky Anderson happened Tuesday night to Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila? In the eighth inning against the White Sox, the splendid Tigers receiver took a foul ball off his facemask that appeared — on first look — to jar loose one of the bars. After what happened recently with the mask of Mariners catcher Josh Bard — who got a funny but scary face wedgie — might Major League Baseball have to seek redeveloping protection for its catchers? Well, maybe it already has. Watch: An electrified facemask! Cool! Hey, who says the White Sox can't spark anything this season? Also, it figures that A.J. Pierzynski would be the guy to do this. He's always rattling cages. STATS LLC, Elias and Fangraphs all report that the majors have not experienced sparks since knuckleballer Steve Sparks retired after the 2004 season. By Avila's reaction, it's almost like he had no idea his facemask could make fire. That's because he didn't know. From Chris Iott of ML...