Now that more high-profile players are wearing the C-Flap helmet, this not-so-new equipment is finally having its moment.

The C-Flap helmet is helping MLB save face The C Flap is ready for its close up with a cadre of All Stars leading the charge.

Little Leaguers largely can’t wear this added piece of safety equipment on their helmet in the name of — safety? That's right.

Why the C-Flap helmet extender is becoming more popular with Rockies’ hitters and baseball as a whole Manager Bud Black: “Because of the preventative aspect, I think you’ll see more and more ...

Also, Trout has never lost his helmet. Upton, who started using the C-flap last fall after sustaining a concussion, hasn’t lost his helmet either.

It's time we change the baseball helmet. MLB should mandate that every player wear the C-Flap. High school and lower level leagues should do so as well, for the good of the game.

The batting helmet extension, sometimes wrongly referred to as a C-Flap, is the optional piece that helps protect a hitter’s jaw and cheek.

The C-Flap is designed so that it works in concert with the helmet and its bill so that a ball can’t get through to the eye.

The C-Flap is a batting-helmet attachment meant to protect a hitter's cheek and jaw. Exponentially more Major League Baseball players started wearing the safety device after Giancarlo Stanton ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mike Trout wears a C-flap. Bryce Harper does, too. They’re among 10 players in Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game who wear attachments to their batting helmets that are designed ...

Joe Mahoney / Getty Images Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, right, is among a growing number of players across baseball wearing an extra flap on their helmet to protect against errant pitches ...