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Originally Posted by John Drake
Like the fact that aluminum bats are not allowed in the Major Leagues of Baseball, partially due to the fact they hit the ball so fast it is more dangerous. The difference is typically about 8mph, which doesn't seem like much until you realize that energy is computed as the SQUARE of the velocity.
In Japan, 9 players have died from balls hit by aluminum bats since 1974.
I can't understand how parents let their kids play with what amounts to a fist sized rock being batted about at well over a hundred miles an hour anyway. Why not just send them into a field and fire a shotgun at them, give them a big glove to catch it, it's fun.
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I think that is the point.
The parents didn't know. And....neither did I. What you posted about those bats not being used in the major leagues is complete news to me. I still have my late husband's metal bat which my kids never touched as they weren't much into baseball. There but for the grace of God.....
I much prefer having my son alive to having $850,000.
