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3 sie 2013 · In 2008, bats split into pieces once a game on average, posing injury risks to players, umpires and even fans. The issue coincided with a rapid rise in the popularity of maple bats.
15 lip 2008 · Scientists and engineers have also considered the problem — they know that differences between maple bats and the more traditional ash bats, as well as the ways that a bat is shaped and hit, can...
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...
But in the mid-1990s, Sam Holman, a sort of Johnny Mapleseed of baseball bats, started experimenting with maple, giving samples to several players for the nearby Toronto Blue Jays. Eventually, one found its way into Bonds’ hands.
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,...
20 lis 2018 · Even bat wood species have transitioned from hickory and the traditional ash to maple, which dominates today in major-league baseball (MLB). As baseball and its people have changed, the use of wood to make bats has not.
the controversy surrounding the use of maple bats, and three incidents that occurred during MLB games involving maple bats. Part III of this Comment will use the three incidents discussed in Part II to examine the potential liability of maple bat manufacturers as a result of injuries
