[Smokin' Joe]

Tragic their kid was hurt, but to take the bat to Louisville Slugger stinks. Another batch of tort lawyers looking for the big payola...(can you say “contingency fee”? I knew you could.)

[Smokin' Joe]

Just a thought, but does this mean that the next kid who can peg a fast ball over the Center Field Fence with a willow switch has to get a warning tatooed on himself somewhere? Sheesh.

[onedoug]

Can the ends of baseball and football - sport of any kind - be so far behind?

[Judges Gone Wild]

There’s really no need to have aluminum bats. I understand they are more durable than wood bats, but they are more dangerous.

[devere]

Metal baseball bats are an abomination.

Baseball bats should be made of ash, as God and Alexander Joy Cartwright intended.

Hooray for the verdict.

[Figment]

Are they also suing the maker of their sons mitt that failed to stop this obviously dangerous ball? Oh yeah, sue the maker of the ball too

[pissant]

Yeah, and McDonalds coffee is hot.

[papasmurf]

Too bad 0bama didn’t come with a warning label on his forehead.

Can we sue?

This ruling is just more of them that “don’t” giving to themselves from them that “do”. 0bama is legitimizing that mindset.

Prayers up for the lost one.

[truthguy]

This is the type of idiotic lawsuit that is killing the country.

[antiunion person]

“18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head “

If I were on the jury, I would have just said the kid sucked at playing baseball or he shouldn't have been pitching. Some people shouldn't do certain things. In this case, the attorney shouldn't be allowed to tell he client, he can make millions for them. At the same time, I'm sure this scumbag attorney made between 25 and 50% of the winnings.

[TurtleUp]

I'm with the jury. I find it shocking that aluminum bats are legal given their extreme dangers. I'm appalled that wooden bats were not also condemned in this ruling. There is only one safe way to play this game:

SAFETY FIRST!!

Baseball needs a couple of rule changes. It should be played only with Nerf products, and only that way until we come up with a safer substitute. It should be played only at night to avoid sunburn, and on a specially padded field so that no one scrapes their skin sliding into home. We should do away with the competition of scoring runs and have the boys run in circles as in "Duck-Duck-Goose", or better yet, walk in circles in case one of the boys has an undetected heart problem. Think of all the improvements we can make that will eliminate risk.

I'm going to go have a nice cup of warm McDonald's coffee and think about other changes we can make to keep our kids safe.

[count-your-change]

Even wooden baseball bats are too dangerous.
They should be made of soft foam rubber and inflatable, and have non-toxic earth friendly warning labels including instructional videos. And used only with adult supervision after passing a state approved course of study on Batology. And it should go without saying..be fully recyclable.
Oh, I almost left out the proof of insurance. Add in a Bat Restraint System and.....

[The Duke]

Judicial-system-as-lottery PING!

[KarenMarie]

Those jurors should be ashamed of themselves and those lawyers need to see those bats... up real close.

[saturn1964]

Okay, we’ve gone over the cliff, place your pillow behind your head and kiss your...... goodbye.