Baseball

"Because the players from the 80s and 90s would never stand in the box without a helmet on."

There's a lot to this. As a Steelers fan, I couldn't imagine the incoming class going up against the Steel Curtain from the 70's. No way. They may be bigger and faster, but looking at a guy who proudly had no teeth and slammed the opposing defender to the ground for simply disrespecting his teammate?

There's a lot to be said about this idea. Let alone when there was basically NO protection at all in either sport but a leather hat