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A look at how players, managers and coaches feel about the growing and controversial use of maple bats in major league baseball. Video property of VideoArt ...
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SelectPlusMLB to Discuss Safety of Maple BatsMLB to Discuss Safety of Maple BatsThe Associated PressMajor League Baseball said they will soon address the c...
3 sie 2013 · But in 2008, maple bats kept breaking apart. Often, they'd break along the handle, sending the heavier upper barrel of the bat flying. Bat shards struck players and coaches all season.
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...
15 lip 2008 · Controversy today The seeming prevalence of breaking bats in games this season has brought the issue into the limelight. The most recent incident occurred when plate umpire Brian O'Nora was hit...
14 lip 2008 · One theory blames the increased use of maple wood instead of more traditional ash and the players' preference for bats with thinner handles. Maple bats came into fashion about a decade ago,...
