Batter's Helmet
“ | Batter up!
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— The Scout on batting in heads
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The Batter's Helmet is an unlockable headwear item for the Scout. It appears as a team-coloured, 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 or offer any kind of additional protection.
Painted variants
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Trivia
- 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 and a trend setter.
- The Batter's Helmet can be crafted into the Bonk Helm by crafting it with two Bonk! Atomic Punches. Currently, it is the only hat which can be specifically crafted in this fashion besides the new hats included in the Polycount Pack.
- The hat description was written by TheTwoTonHammer.
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