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posted 03/16/2008
Batting Helmets: Over the past year or so, we have been exploring the use of shared helmets, both within our league and across baseball/softball in general. If you think about it, baseball is the only sport that shares equipment and specifically, shares headgear. Without getting into all the obvious unsanitary details, I would like to strongly recommend that you consider purchasing a batting helmet for your own child. For the next few years, BYB will continue to provide team helmets, but at some point we will only provide a few community helmets to each team in hopes that each child has their own helmet. For those who aren’t aware, BYB requires that all teams use a NOCSAE certified batting helmet with a facemask. The only exception is our Big League and T-ball programs which we DO NOT require the facemask as part of the helmet.
Ø If you do chose to purchase your own helmet, how much you want to pay and how fancy you want to get is entirely up to you, as long as its NOCSAE certified. However, I have set up a deal with an online company, that we (BYB) use to order all our gear, League Direct. They agreed to sell BYB parents the std league helmet at a discounted price.
Customer Number: 1505082
Password: sports
League Direct Contact for Orders: Marllo Ramirez – 800-774-6972 ext7386
For Returns, please ask for Customer Support and not Marllo.
Once you log into League Direct select go to the Home Page. Note, if you see an item already in the checkout bucket, just remove it unless that’s what you want.
Look for Quote 20188921 on the left side of the page under My Pricing and select it.
You will see an assortment of boys/girls helmets. Select the helmet you want and proceed to checkout. Feel free to shop for other gear as well.
Checkout Process:
Step #1, verify items in cart.
Step #2, change the Ship To address to your own Ship To info (leave Bill To as is)
Step #3 you will add the method of payment. From there you can continue to follow the instructions to complete the checkout.
Ø NOTE THAT IF YOUR CHILD HAS A LARGER THAN AVERAGE HEAD THE STD ONE SIZE FITS ALL HELMET MAY NOT FIT. IF YOU DO REQUIRE A LARGER HELMET SIZE, PLEASE ORDER THE FOLLOWING FROM LD. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST OF HELMETS WHEN YOU LOG IN VIA THE ABOVE PROCESS.
* HELMET - MCB10
* MASK/HDWR FOR HELMET - MCB14M B14
As another option you can always go to Dicks Sporting Goods and any other sporting outlet to purchase a helmet if you prefer or even better understand the size required. | 
