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Originally Posted by Eastshire
If a given speed is a reasonable risk, it is a reasonable risk any number of times. If a given speed is an unreasonable risk, it is an unreasonable risk any number of times. I have yet to see a pitcher get hit because he was tired out by dodging balls earlier in a game.
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In any game there is a certain amount of risk.
In football, if you don't wear a helmet you risk head injury, if you wear a helmet you risk head injury, the risk however is reduced.
As is the risk in baseball using wood bats vs. metal bats.
A given speed may be a reasonable risk once or twice a game using wooden bats but may be an unreasonable risk if it occurs 12 times a game with metal bats.
For example:
If an injury occurs once every thousand times a ball comes off a bat at max speed then the more times we reach max speed the more injuries. If the metal bat produces max speeds 5 to 6 more times than wood bats there will obviously be more injuries.
Apparently in NY that was unacceptable.
Frequency of the risky event certainly plays into the equation, wouldn't you agree?