[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by Jim Porter
Originally posted by PeteBooth

It's going to take seeing a neck get broken before you and those other youth baseball organizations finally wake up. And for that 10-year-old who ends up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, I hope you can explain to him that it's all just a part of "real" baseball.

What about a kid who gets hit in the head or face area with a 65 - 70 mph fast ball from only 46 ft. / or F5 playing in for the bunt gets a ball hit down his throat.

How are you going to explain that to him. What it's in the rules?

Did you see the special on ESPN about the use of metal bats? There are certain collegiate schools that are going to wood because of the injuries sustained by certian pitchers.

Is the reason we do not worry about the aforementioned is becasue there are no statistics yet?

Whenever you play sports, there is a certain risk involved. Heck my kids play sports also. You have to teach them the proper techniques of sliding, avoid getting hit or if you are going to get hit how to avoid the "crucial" areas.

If you do not want risk stick to golf or something. Just because there are no statistics issued on something doesn't mean the result can't be fatal.

It's like an intersection in which everybody knows that a traffic light should be installed, however, nothing gets done until a fatality strikes.

ok how did we get to this from my original thread anyway -

Pete Booth