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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - J.A. Happ and Alex Cobb stood side by side on Sunday afternoon and called on Major League Baseball to provide pitchers with the option to wear protective head gear. "Whether that pitcher wants to pitch with head gear or not is up to him but I definitely think there should be an option," said Cobb. "I havent heard too much but I do know that its moving in the right direction and hopefully there will be an option by next year." The league has been studying different prototypes, including caps with enhanced padding, since last offseason. So far nothing has been approved. "I think youd be crazy not to look into it if it was available," said Happ. "I think function is the big issue. We were struck in the ear so like I said it would almost have to be a helmet situation. If it was functional and comfortable and didnt hinder the performance at all then absolutely." Both pitchers are linked by separate, equally scary, incidents at Tropicana Field this season. It was May 7 when Happ, pitching to Desmond Jennings in the second inning of an eventual 6-4 win, was struck in the side of the head by a line drive. He crumpled to the ground. Onlookers thought he was out cold even though he wasnt, and eventually he was carted off the field. Happ suffered a minor skull fracture behind his left ear. Stitches repaired a nasty gash to his ear. The worst of his injuries, however, were to his right knee. He suffered strained MCL and PCL ligaments when his leg buckled underneath him. Happs return, which came exactly three months after the incident, would have been much sooner if not for the knee trouble. Almost six weeks after Happ was hurt, an Eric Hosmer line drive hit Cobb in the head in the fifth inning of the June 15 Rays-Royals game. Cobb suffered a concussion and had to work through the effects of his head trauma before returning to the majors on Thursday, exactly two months after the incident. The two men didnt know each other beforehand and since, theyve kept in touch via text messages and have struck up a friendship. While neither relied on the other for support through the recovery process, they share a bond very few can understand. "Not too many people know what youve gone through on a personal level so to know his battles, although they were different, they were almost more severe and more troublesome in some cases with his knee," said Cobb. "Its really nice to see him back out on a big league field and pitching well, too." Happ happened to be watching at the time Cobb was injured. "It was just such a surreal thing," said Happ. "Again, just to see him and be able to catch up and see that the healing has taken place, thats the biggest thing. Definitely a scare with some of the issues that he had to deal with that I didnt. "He had a little bit more to overcome in that sense and really glad to see he was able to do that." 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Sebastian Vettel believes the first corner collision between himself, Max Verstappen and championship leader Nico Rosberg was a racing incident.Vettel got a run up the inside of the Red Bulls from fifth and dived down the inside of Verstappen heading into Turn 1, but ended up misjudging his braking and tagging Rosberg in the process. The contact sent Rosberg into a spin and forced Vettel into retirement with a broken front left suspension. The four-time world champion defended himself against Verstappens claim over team radio that the move was crazy.If anything I was braking at the same point as him, the German said. So I was going side-by-side, he was squeezing me down to the inside. I think both of us would make the corner not a problem.Obviously Nico decided to do a different line -- he is ahead -- hes got nothing to do with it, he doesnt have to bother with what people are doing behind. I think theres two thinggs that are wrong; first that Nico without any blame, gets turned around and second that I am standing here and the race is still going on.dddddddddddd.Asked who he thought was at fault for the incident, Vettel refused to apportion blame on either driver and said he was simply focused on making the corner cleanly.Well racing him is moving around, I think everybody knows by now. Obviously if you are squeezed to the inside, your angle doesnt get any better for Turn 1. It was quite bad the angle, so I was trying to do everything to turn and get the corner, I do get the corner no problem, Im not braking massively too late or at all too late. Nico tries to cut back I guess, to fight Lewis, but at that point we made contact.Vettel will face a post-race investigation for his part in the clash. ' ' '