MLB GMs WANT HELMETS ON BASE COACHES NEXT SEASON: Although their support of instant replay might fall on deaf ears, baseball GMs should have a better chance with their proposal of base coaches wearing helmets:

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that general managers have agreed that all first- and third-base coaches must have additional head protection for next season.The decision comes four months after Mike Coolbaugh, a first-base coach for the minor league Tulsa Drillers, was killed by a line drive during a game.

The GMs will decide what exactly safety measures they’ll enforce when they meet next month. Unlike the instant replay vote, MLB VP Joe Garagiola Jr. said the agreed-upon requirements will not need additional approval from the owners or Bud Selig.