<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><a target=_blank href="/update/WATCH-Shin-guard-prevents-Javier-Baez-from-suffering-potentially-serious-injury-27196"><img id="story-photo" src="https://2cic.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c/stories/19/baseball/baez_shin_guard_8_7_2019.jpg"></a><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href="/update/WATCH-Shin-guard-prevents-Javier-Baez-from-suffering-potentially-serious-injury-27196" class=newstitle><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">WATCH: Shin guard prevents Javier Baez from suffering potentially serious injury</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>CHICAGO — The benefit of shin guards in baseball was put on full display late in the Chicago Cubs' contest with the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. In the botto</font> <a target=_blank href="/update/WATCH-Shin-guard-prevents-Javier-Baez-from-suffering-potentially-serious-injury-27196"><font class=fullstory><b>Read Update »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>