Do baseball players wear mouthguards on the field?
You've probably noticed more neon plastic sticking out of hitters' mouths lately, leading to the common question: do baseball players wear mouthguards because they have to, or is it just a personal preference? If you grew up watching the game twenty years ago, you rarely saw a player with a mouthguard unless they had some serious dental work to protect. Today, it's a completely different story. From the local Little League fields to the bright lights of the MLB, mouthguards are becoming as much a part of the uniform as a sliding mitt or a pair of high-end sunglasses. ...