Jose Ramirez nearly kicks helmet back onto his head during a slide to 2B Ouch. By R.J. Anderson May 9, 2016 at 10:16 pm ET • 1 min read ...

With baseball playoffs heating up and the World Series right around the corner, it's guaranteed that fans will see daring slides, both feet-first and head-first, and even slides on bang-bang plays ...

And thankfully, his helmet did indeed do its job. Facing the Guardians' Emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning, Dunn took a 101.4 mph fastball off the head.

Even after seeing a pitcher take a line drive to the skull, Major League Baseball players aren't convinced pitching helmets are a good idea. Precedent tells us otherwise.

The longtime head coach of the Atlantic Cape Community College baseball team in New Jersey, Rodney Velardi, has resigned after a scandal involving communication devices in the team's batting ...

The Rockies, though, would love it if Arenado made it back to Arizona without any broken bones. His head-first slide certainly caused Colorado to catch its breath.

Fifteen-year-old Bennett Fisk loves baseball and has been playing youth league his whole life. Unfortunately, last season, he had to sit out because even the largest adult-size baseball helmet ...

Mayfield believed it was a good idea to head-butt his teammates who were wearing helmets at the time. The problem is Mayfield had a baseball cap on his noggin.

Miami Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas lost a tooth in Thursday's game when he took a helmet to the face on a slide.

Rodney Velardi, the head baseball coach at Atlantic Cape Community College, was forced to resign after his players were wearing earpieces during a game.

All that over a helmet tap that Lentz really should have let slide. Walls was right, after all — the call was missed. Christopher Morel would have to hit in Walls' place, and he promptly struck out.

How does he kick the helmet backwards when he’s 12 feet from the base and have it hit him when he’s past the bag? Here are two explanations that may make sense if you did well in high school ...