Story on Danger from Maple Bats

[ozzy6900]

A good part of the reason is right in the article - the handles are too thin! Both maple & ash are good woods but the handles over the years have just been turned too small to handle the abuse. Add this to the buffed up players swinging these bats and you get broken bats.

Now do we need a Congressional investigation to figure this out? Do we need to creat more safety rules (full helmets with Plexiglas face shields)? I do not think so. I think that everyone on the field needs to pay attention to the batter when the pitcher is ready to pitch. I think that if everyone did what the fielders do, there would be less injuries in the long run.

The base coaches are too busy watching the runners, the on deck guys are too busy trying to get their swing just right, the shaggers are too busy watching the babes in the stands and no one is paying attention to what is really happening.

Baseball has been played with wood bats for decades! Let's not make mountains out of mole-hills!