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Besr -3
Until you see it first hand, it really hits home. Had a pitcher this past week take a line drive to the jaw in a high school game. Went down like a sack of potatoes, and then flopped his back legs like a fish out of water, blood oozing out of his mouth(he has braces on his teeth...gas on the fire..)
Medics got there quick...plenty of people in shock(including me - I was first on the scene working the bases that day)
Went to the hospital after the game, and the poor kid had a broken jaw in two places, not to mention the cost of his parents to pay for new braces eventually (they had to remove them..)
This may be old news to people on this board (especially about news I have seen about kids dying as well with shots back up the box), but I wanted to get some feedback from around the states about the bats that fed allows and the possibilty of states ever going to wood bats.
This is a horrible time in our economy to even bring up this subject, because in Washington state we are seeing high schools on the brink of dropping programs to make budget cuts...
Having played ball through college, I know that wood may only slightly help out in situations like this, but I am wondering if there is any movement elsewhere to lessen situations like the one described above...
Technology is great in some areas of life, but not when the ball jumps off the bat the way it does these days....
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