Ban Metal Bats
October 28th, 2006
An editorial in the Staten Island Advance supports Councilmember James Oddo’s effort to ban metal bats in New York City public high schools. Studies presented at a recent City Council hearing, along with testimony by parents whose children were hurt or killed during a game, indicated that aluminum bats make the ball go faster than wooden bats. “Faster equals more dangerous,” the Advance says. “Why increase the danger?
The answer is the monetary advantage — some $200 million for the metal bat industry and countless dollars saved by leagues and teams not having to replace chipped and split wooden bats. That they think a few extra gravely injured kids is a small price to pay for that advantage is an absolute outrage. “
In category: Education, Gotham City, Health | 4 Comments »


October 31st, 2006 at 7:18 am
I challenge anyone to present real scientific evidence showing that aluminum bats hit the ball any harder than wooden bats.
This is a typical example of the Council over-legislating and over-regulating. I used to like Oddo. Now I think he is an irrational fascist.
November 2nd, 2006 at 7:59 am
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2003/07/30/local/export115610.txt
November 2nd, 2006 at 1:17 pm
http://www.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/BESRWhitePaper.pdf
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:34 pm
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