Wooden bats instead of Aluminum bats in little league baseball

[the wiz]

Wooden bats instead of Aluminum bats in little league baseball

Recently, a 10 boy died in a freak accident; the boy was hit in the chest with a baseball it with an aluminum bat. The ball hit the boy in the right spot of his chest in just the right time to cause him to have a heart attack and died.

The parents of the boy blame the aluminum bat because of the speed the ball come off the bat. He believes the ball would have traveled slow if was hit by a wooden bat; which he believe would have given his son more time to react.

Pro-aluminum bats parents believe wooden bats are more dangerous than an aluminum one. They believe wooden bat has a tendency to crack and splitter causing danger to kids on the field, the batter, the catcher and the umpire In addition, the wooden bats are heavier and hard to maintain control of.

The father is suing the maker of the aluminum bat and the little league organization because they allow the use of the bats. Again, the boy died in a freak accident; which could have been avoided if the parents would have purchase a $20.00 chest protector.

Do you think aluminum bats should be banned from using in little league baseball?

 

[Sleepy Jean]

I believe they should be banned on all levels.

I recently saw an item in the newspaper saying all New York City high school baseball teams are being forced to use wooden bats because the games are lasting too long into the evenings. Wooden bats keep the scores low and so keep the games shorter.

Why give hitters another advantage? College baseball is a joke. The balls are much livelier than they used to be and the parks are all more hitter friendly at all levels, even high school. Now they're finding using aluminum bats aren't all that less expensive in the long run.