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Gillette Children's Teams Up With Twins To Present Custom Baseball Helmet For Andover Teen With A Rare Medical Condition

MINNEAPOLIS — Fifteen-year-old Bennett Fisk, of Andover, loves baseball and has been playing youth league his whole life.

"It gives me something to do when I'm just sitting there, and it helps me with teamwork," said Fisk.

Unfortunately, last season, he had to sit out because even the largest adult-size baseball helmet didn't fit his head and it was too unsafe to play without a helmet.

Bennett was born with hydrocephalus, which caused fluid to build up in his brain and the size of his head grew faster and larger than it should have.

"We kind of thought I couldn't play baseball anymore," said Fisk.

Then the Twins stepped in and teamed up with Rawlings Sports Equipment and Gillette Children's Hospital to make sure Bennett could stick with his passion. Nick Anderson, with Gillette Children's, met with Bennett over six months to build and fit a custom helmet for him.

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"I had to get some custom foam fitting that had to be 3D printed made for the inside, that's just for this helmet, and that gave us the tolerances that allow it to fit Bennett," said Anderson.

On Sunday, just in time for baseball season, Anderson presented the helmet to Bennett on the three bases of Target Field before the Twins game against Detroit. Then, Bennett ran to the home plate wearing his new helmet to mark the honorary first run of the game.

It was a day that meant so much to the entire Fisk family, including Bennett's dad, Joe.

"I'm so proud of him, this is awesome. It feels great, it really does," said Joe Fisk.

Bennett celebrates what makes him different, and hopes this moment is just the beginning of a long lifetime on the baseball diamond.

"It means a lot because now I get to be unique," said Fisk, "because then I 'm not like everyone else and I can be my own person."

Gillette Children's is already working on another specialized, custom sports equipment project for another child with a similar need in the Midwest.

Evaluation Of Cricket Helmet Performance And Comparison With Baseball And Ice Hockey Helmets

Background: Protective helmets in sport are important for reducing the risk of head and facial injury. In cricket and other sports with projectiles, national test standards control the minimum helmet performance. However, there are few field data showing if helmets are effective in reducing head injury.

Objectives: (a) To examine the performance of cricket helmets in laboratory tests; (b) to examine performance with regard to test standards, game hazards, and helmet construction; (c) to compare and contrast these findings with baseball and ice hockey helmets.

Methods: Impact tests were conducted on a selection of helmet models: five cricket, two baseball, and two ice hockey. Ball to helmet impacts at speeds of 19, 27, 36, and 45 m/s were produced using an air cannon and a Hybrid III dummy headform and neck unit. Free fall drop tests with a rigid headform on to a selection of anvils (flat rigid, flat deformable, and hemispherical rigid) were conducted. Resultant headform acceleration was measured and compared between tests.

Results: At the lower speed impacts, all helmets produced a good reduction in headform acceleration, and thus injury risk. At the higher speed impacts, the effectiveness was less. For example, the mean maximum headform accelerations for all cricket helmets at each speed were: 67, 160, 316, and 438 g for 19, 27, 36, and 45 m/s ball speeds respectively. Drop tests on to a hemispherical anvil produced the highest accelerations. The variation in performance increased as the magnitude of the impact energy increased, in both types of testing.

Conclusions: The test method used for baseball helmets in which the projectile is fired at the helmet may be superior to helmet drop tests. Cricket helmet performance is satisfactory for low speed impacts, but not for impacts at higher, more realistic, speeds. Baseball and ice hockey helmets offer slightly better relative and absolute performance at the 27 m/s ball and puck impacts.

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Batman: Guardians Slugger Josh Naylor Celebrates His Homer By Striking Himself On The Helmet

Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor celebrates his two-run home run off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Alex Wood during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Cleveland. Credit: AP/Nick Cammett

CLEVELAND — Guardians slugger Josh Naylor has happily headbutted his manager and pretended to rock a baby after delivering clutch hits in recent years.

He added another memorable celebration to the list Saturday.

Naylor intentionally struck himself on the helmet with his bat as he watched his two-run, go-ahead homer clear the fence in Cleveland's 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

"Josh adds a dynamic to our lineup that we really need and he does it every day," said left fielder Steven Kwan, who scored on the hit. "When you're having fun, the stress is less."

The animated Naylor used a two-handed smack to his head while passing the visiting dugout, then spiked the lumber onto the grass, but said the contact didn't "really" hurt. The fifth inning shot to right-center came off starter Alex Wood.

"It was a cool moment, but it was for the boys and that's all I really play for," Naylor said.

Naylor is hitting .429 with five homers, 11 RBIs and eight runs in eight home games this season for the Guardians, an American League-best 15-6.

Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor celebrates his two-run home run off...

First-year manager Stephen Vogt has yet to be physically involved in one of his outbursts -- unlike former Cleveland skipper Terry Francona, the recipient of Naylor's headbutt -- but has no issue with them.

"That's Josh Naylor, man, he's emotional and charismatic," Vogt said. "As long as he didn't concuss himself, I'm all right with the celebration."

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