[Nathan Zachary]

"Why is it when there's an injury from a ball hit from a non-wood bat, people blame the bat?" asks Jim Darby of Easton Sports, a leading bat manufacturer. "When there's an injury from a ball off a wood bat, people say that's part of the game."

Because there are moonbat liberals everywhere. If fields were covered with foam matting, bats ere made of stiff foam, and the balls were NERF balls, nobody would get hurt, and everyone would have fun, IF nobody kept score and every one went home a winner. /s

[mbraynard]

Funny you suggest they use NERF. The move to Aluminum bats comes from the same attitude of elevating kids who couldn't hit a real homer to be just like those who could.

Aluminum bats are more likely to cause an injury than a wooden bat because they transfer so much more force to the ball. It's also a pretty cheap way to give childen a false sense of self-esteem.

The state and cities that are passing laws to change the bat type is the appropriate level of government to be making those decisions. These are government/public school leagues. What is the 'conservative' position on who would decide what is appropriate or not? This is a Democracy.

If you want to start your own private league of babies who play with aluminum bats (try making them out of TI instead - then your little angel will be an even BETTER slugger!) go ahead. But if there is a liberal/conservative line here, your with Mayor Bloomberg and the rest of the lefties.

[dfwgator]

If fields were covered with foam matting, bats ere made of stiff foam, and the balls were NERF balls, nobody would get hurt, and everyone would have fun, IF nobody kept score and every one went home a winner.

To paraphrase Jocelyn Elders, "We need safer balls."