Send in the lawyers.

[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.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

And talk about a plentiful resource.

These bats are only have bamboo in the very center of the barrel of the bat. The rest of the bat is four pieces of wood resined together.

[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