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Yasmani Grandal batted with the wrong helmet in Wednesday night's Dodgers game

Being a switch-hitter is usually a huge advantage for a baseball player. It does, however, typically force switch-hitters to own two different styles of helmets, since most leave the ear not facing the pitcher uncovered.
The Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal is one such switch-hitter who owns multiple helmets. Unfortunately, in the first inning of his team's 6-1 loss on Wednesday night against the D-backs, he grabbed the wrong one.
Grandal had no idea.

Whoops. The at-bat didn't work out, either, as Grandal grounded out to Matt Carpenter at first base.
Amusingly, this wasn't even the first time that Grandal has made that mistake. He also did it in 2015:

Maybe to avoid future issues, Grandal should take a page from Shane Victorino's book and just use a dual-flap helmet. It worked out pretty well for Victorino, anyway.

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