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Aluminum Bats May Go Way of Trans Fat

Submitted by Stan Armour, Apr 25, 2007 21:47

While it's a great idea to say that all HS mst use wood bats and replace all aluminum bats. My ony question is a simle one. Who is going to pay for the bats? If there is a law set in place to ban aluminum bats, is there any financial attachment to that law allowing all the wood bats that these schools, who are mostly public and so are paid from taxpayer $, will now have to buy? Are they going to now have to fire teachers over the requirement that the school must use wood bats? Will some schools just drop baseball altogether, because t's less expensive than fielding a baseball team that needs wood bats? Wood bats are going to cost, for a spring season of about 7 weeks, approximately $10,000 per player [usually HS teams carry 20 players]. does this mean that there will be even less players kept on a team, to reduce te wood bat costs? If there is a plan for the economic woes associated with wood bats, I'd be for it. As a taxpayer in my town, if I've got to pay additional school taxes for this, they can keep the aluminum bats and keep my costs down...

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If you teach children to play proper defense and offense then these injuries would not be "on the rise". If... [MORE]

C. Citzen

May 12, 2007 23:05

Please feel free to call in to the company- 401-709-4675, and we can discuss instead of finger pointing. Quality of... [MORE]

Robert Zeytoonian

Feb 16, 2008 14:24

While it's a great idea to say that all HS mst use wood bats and replace all aluminum bats. My...

Stan Armour

Apr 25, 2007 21:47

Mr Armour, While you make a good point that there would be some costs involved with switching to wood bats, I... [MORE]

Bryan Kay

Apr 30, 2007 22:32

There are bat companies that make wood bats out of species beside ash and maple that perform better, last longer,... [MORE]

CABOT

Jul 12, 2007 19:02

its really not a big deal financially the bats go from anywere around 35 dollar rawlings bat to a 100... [MORE]

joe ballplayer

Aug 31, 2007 13:36

I believe this is garbage, you can not compare aluminum vs wood you would have the same injuries if you... [MORE]

john baker

Apr 25, 2007 16:43

As owner/operator of Zorian Bat Company in Cranston, RI, I believe this generation of young baseball players will be afforded... [MORE]

Robert Zeytoonian

Mar 13, 2007 23:31

I agree with your article about the dangerous "trampoline effect" that occurs when a ball is hit. My son is... [MORE]

Lee Beer

Dec 6, 2006 00:18

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