Send in the lawyers.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

Players like them so that certainly won't slip past the players union, competition committee (or whatever they call it in MLB), or any of those groups that have to agree before rules are changed.

Assuming MLB would want these bats outlawed, it may welcome this lawsuit. It would allow the ban to occur regardless of what other entities may feel.

That's not to say that MLB wants these bats outlawed; just hypothesizing.

[GoodwillRef]

He will walk away with a boat load of money.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

He will walk away with a boat load of money.

Most likely!

I believe in NY State, no matter what they print on the ticket or how many times they say it not their fault, a person still has the right to sue.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Most likely!

I believe in NY State, no matter what they print on the ticket or how many times they say it not their fault, a person still has the right to sue.

You can sue anybody for anything anywhere. Doesn't mean you'll win. Doesn't mean it won't get thrown out of court.

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

He will walk away with a boat load of money.

Not likely.

There is a precedent court case; from NY iirc, and maybe even involving the Mets [I'm too lazy to get out my Torts text and look it up]; to the effect that getting hit by flying objects is a known and accepted hazard of attending a BB game, and by the doctrine of "assumption of risk", no love for the earstwhile plaintiff.

[SAump]

Check out the shiny acrylic on those maple bats. You don't see that on ash.

http://www.woodbat.org/woodbat.pdf

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...troversy011809

Patent pending: "Bat Safety System is nothing more than Polymeric Tape applied to the lower 18" of a solid wood bat."

[justanotherblue]

Easy fix, extend the protective nets another 50 feet or 100 feet down the lines. It'll cost them what, five, maybe ten grand per stadium. Chump change for any MLB team.

[Sven K]

Nets will help the people in the stands, but the broken bats affect game play, which they should not. Some player is going to get seriously hurt.

I saw bats the other day (may have been Brett Brothers) which were bamboo. Light and strong. Also very interesting.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by Sven K

Nets will help the people in the stands, but the broken bats affect game play, which they should not. Some player is going to get seriously hurt.

I saw bats the other day (may have been Brett Brothers) which were bamboo. Light and strong. Also very interesting.

My son started using bamboo bats five years ago in scout ball. They weigh the same, but they're harder and significantly stronger and more durable than any wood bat. It's the only type of wood bat that he never broke. He used one for two years of batting practice and retired it unbroken.

And talk about a plentiful resource.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by justanotherblue

Easy fix, extend the protective nets another 50 feet or 100 feet down the lines. It'll cost them what, five, maybe ten grand per stadium. Chump change for any MLB team.

Nets are lame. I would hate that.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by justanotherblue

Easy fix, extend the protective nets another 50 feet or 100 feet down the lines. It'll cost them what, five, maybe ten grand per stadium. Chump change for any MLB team.

Or just go ahead and enclose the field in netting and be done with it.

[johnnyg08]

Or give the fans bubble wrap and helmets to not require them to actually watch the game