ESPN.com · Mar 6, 2018
Golf cart to bring in relief pitchers reborn by Diamondbacks
The bullpen car is coming back after being gone for an entire generation of baseball fans.
The Arizona Diamondbacks will use a helmet-clad golf cart for the first time since the vehicle left Major League Baseball more than two decades ago.
"I think it wore out its welcome," Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall said. "There were these new stadiums, and the focus shifted to the guys running through gates and onto the mound. We think the time is right to bring it back."
Hall said the Diamondbacks purchased two golf carts and had them retrofitted with big caps by a company called SportsKartz in Tampa, Florida. The cost was about $20,000 in total, Hall said.