Dumb ...

So.

Rawlings has developed a new, improved batting helmet that can absorb the impact of 100 mph fastballs — and some players don’t want it.

Why?

It doesn’t look cool.

Sigh.

Remember in 2003 when baseball instituted its trial testing of banned performance-enhancing drugs? Players knew a) they all would be tested and b) when they would be tested. It wasn’t a drug test as much as an IQ test — but enough players still flunked it to trigger permanent testing.

This situation with the safer helmet is another IQ test, and some players, once again, are deserving of Fs. Wait, make that F-minuses.