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Awkward! Yasmani Grandal did not wear the correct helmet to home plate tonight

Yasmani Grandal wears wrong helmet to the plate

You know those moments when you wear the wrong thing to some important public event?

Well, switch-hitter Yasmani Grandal did just that during Monday's Dodgers-D-backs game. He wore a left-hander's batting helmet instead of a right-hander's -- leaving his left ear open to the elements. 

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But like our grape-suit wearing hero in the first GIF, Grandal fought through the awkwardness in successful fashion with a single to center field.

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