[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Don Mueller

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?

Statistical evidence doesn't bear it out. Injury rates have not skyrocketed in metal bat leagues.