The Collar

Baseball players and anouncers refer to "The Collar" as striking out three times during a game. Doesn't matter if you go down swining or looking, a Collar is a Collar.

And that is pretty much the absurdity of this bill that actually got ink in the Sun and was debated for one hour yesterday.

As somebody who played baseball for much of his childhood, at no time did I ever feel as if I were in any danger on the baseball diamond. Not once.

Frankly, I can only imagine that these draconian measures would, in fact, injure children moreso that protect anybody. Bulky protective gear can make it harder for kids to swing, allowing them to overswing and injure their joints and muscles. Faceguards are great for football. But when it comes to baseball, you're 10 years old, and you are trying to look for a round sphere coming at you at 73 MPH from 45 feet through a grid of metal, somebody is going to really get hurt.

The Democrats in Maryland need to leave us alone. In this state, this is only getting to be a little too real.