DAVE PARKER OF THE PIRATES, WHO WOULD BE NAMED THE LEAGUE'S MVP AT THE SEASON'S CONCLUSION. BUT THERE WAS A SLIGHT DETOUR ON THE WAY TO THAT AWARD, AND IT CAME IN THE FORM OF A HOME PLATE COLLISION WITH METS CATCHER JOHN STEARNS ON JUNE 30TH. THE PLAY KNOCKED PARKER OUT OF THE LINEUP WITH A FRACTURED JAW AND CHEEKBONE. THAT PHOTO IS FROM PARKER'S FIRST GAME BACK, WHEN HE PINCH HIT IN THE 11TH INNING WHILE WEARING A HOCKEY GOALIE'S MASK. HE WAS INTENTIONALLY WALKED, LEADING TO A MACABRE SPECTACLE ON THE BASES. THE "FRIDAY THE 13TH" MOVIES DIDN'T YET EXIST IN 1978, BUT PARKER WAS ALREADY PERFECTING THE ART OF MASKED MENACE. IT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A BIZARRE CHAPTER IN UNIFORM HISTORY, A SUMMERLONG SERIES OF CREATIVE HEADGEAR EXPERIMENTS THAT HAD OPPOSING TEAMS ASKING, "WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?"

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