Search results
30 paź 2022 · Major League Baseball forced Houston Astros catcher Martín Maldonado to stop using an illegal maple bat after Game 1 of the World Series on Friday, reports the New York Post.
29 paź 2022 · HOUSTON — Major League Baseball made Astros catcher Martin Maldonado stop using a bat it deemed illegal after World Series Game 1, a league official said Saturday. Maldonado was using a...
30 paź 2022 · Astros’ Martin Maldonado made an honest mistake with the illegal bats. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, “A player may use a maple bat, but it has to meet MLB standards for...
30 paź 2022 · In an interview with Mark Berman after Game 2 of the World Series, Martin Maldonado cleared up the bat controversy stating that he just wanted to try out the bat given to him by his former...
2 mar 2010 · NEW YORK — Many maple bats will be banned in the minor leagues this season, part of Major League Baseball’s push to stop shattered shards of wood from flying dangerously through the air. New...
Check out this take from 2010 after Tyler Colvin's injury where he ended up in the hospital after a chunk of a maple bat stabbed him in the chest. They were clamoring for maple bats to be banned by MLB because of how dangerous they were.
Maple bats are known as diffuse-porous, making the bat able to crack in any direction, making it more likely for a dramatic break. Maple also has finer grain, which makes it harder to make a quality bat consistently. A better explanation can be found in the first link below.
