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Jun 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 am by Susie

Who knew they were this dangerous?

Posted in The American Game

6 Responses to “Maple Bats Out of Hell”

on 03 Jun 2008 at 7:34 am1brendancalling

Holy crap!
And metal bats are out too because they hit the ball too hard.

I always thought ash was the primary wood for bats?
on 03 Jun 2008 at 9:51 am2Snarki, child of Loki

Endangering fans and players for a little bit of an “edge” in the game, it seems.

Back to the Louisville Sluggers, guys. (and cue the Fiddler on the Roof cast singing “Tradition!”)
on 03 Jun 2008 at 10:04 am3Ghost of Joe Liebling's Dog

I read the words “maple bats” and thought I’d see a piece about leetle nocturnal flying critters.

I need to get out more.
on 03 Jun 2008 at 11:41 am4Maya

Oh, whew, Dog, I thought it was just me! Only I thought it was going to be a recipe…
on 03 Jun 2008 at 12:20 pm5Izquierdo

Most of the bats that Louisville Slugger makes are made of maple.

I too thought that the headline referred to Dracula/s pets,
on 03 Jun 2008 at 8:21 pm6Anon4now

I never followed baseball much until my nephew got drafted, but for the past few years I’ve been devoted. I can tell you that it’s amazing how many bats they shatter at every level of play (they must use mostly maple bc some of the explosions have been pretty bad). There must be something idiosyncratic about the bats (or a superstition that there is), because the announcers often make the comment that “He lost a bat, but I think the triple made up for it,” eg.

I can see the players being twitchy about changing the tools of their trade, but they need to address this for liability reasons at this point. (not to mention the number of people falling off upper levels at ballparks lately - oops, guess I did) Bad PR - and the people most likely to get hit are those who paid dearly for the seats - or are connected. Nothing will happen until at least next season, to allow for negotiations and adjustments - that’s assuming that Selig takes the problem seriously…

Oh, and I thought Susie was possibly referring to those thingies that fly off maple trees and spin like helicopter blades (when they are intact, two are attached at the seed end - sorta batlike) - they can be nasty in a stiff wind…