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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...
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.
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...
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...
28 lip 2007 · When Bonds discovered that his supplier, the Original Maple Bat Corporation, was for sale on eBay last year for $3.5 million, he was worried about how its uncertain future might affect him.
Broken bats are commonplace in baseball games, but the Rhodes incident along with similar injuries this year to a hitting coach and an umpire, are making people wonder: Has America's pastime suddenly become a lot more dangerous and is the new trend in bat wood to blame?
