[vladimir998]

Can they still be used on Liberals and other street thugs?

I’m just saying...

[unspun]

Of course they should.

[Leo Farnsworth]

Ban everything except soccer.

Then only sell tofu at the games.

Good enough for you?

[bolobaby]

No. Baseball should be more like this...

[kevkrom]

Maybe they should go with shatter-proof plastic bats and whiffle balls so no one gets hurt.

[b4its2late]

Yeah. And I like vladimir998’s suggested use for them.

[Brookhaven]

I’m not sure if I should take this seriously or not, but...

Having grown up in an era when EVERYONE used wooden bats, I can tell you flat out that metal bats are significantly more dangerous than wood ones. Which is worse?

1. an occasional splintered bat (a rare occurance).

2. zillion mile per hour base hits that nearly take the pitchers head off (occurs in almost every ball game using metal bats, at every level).

[ClearCase_guy]

Let me be clear, the fat cats in MLB with their cadillac bat purchasing plans are part of the problem. We need a government program that will ensure availablity of bats for all, at a reasonable cost, and with a better level of safety. That’s why a $900B program to remove fraud, waste, and maple bats from MLB is the right thing for America today.

[Vigilanteman]

I don't like maple bats because I'm a traditionalist. But I don't think that is reason enough to ban them. I'd like to see data on the advantages versus the risks.

There are far more people seriously injured with aluminum bats based on every statistic I've seen. Allowing maple bats to remain in Major League Baseball is akin to allowing gays to enter into partnerships and civil unions. Allowing aluminum bats would be akin to allow them to redefine marriage for everyone via gay marriage laws. Marriage would lose all meaning and so would Major League Baseball.

So, while I frown on the former, I adamantly abhor the later.

[US Navy Vet]

Baseball SHOULD(and WOULD if’n I were King) Have NO DH and be played with ASH Bats ONLY(No “Maple” or “Metal”)!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I think banning baseball would be safer for the players.

Safety first!

[ConorMacNessa]

Whatever happened to Hickory and Ash?

[TexasCajun]

Congressional Hearing for sure!

[UAConservative]

A broken bat flying at 20 mph is going to hurt no matter what kind of wood it is.

That said, I would prefer to use—if possible—a bat that's a made of a hardwood (like oak), but I'm not in a place to dictate to others what kind of bat to use.

[Osage Orange]

I think they should use Osage Orange bats........

[advertising guy]

ban em...there’s no stabbin in baseball

[Hot Tabasco]

With all the recent news about injuries related to splintering maple baseball bats

I'm not aware of that but then again I don't follow baseball.

If Maple bats are indeed splintering and MLB wants to encourage the long ball then I would suggest a compromise. Ban the Maple bats and legalize corking.........problem solved.

Sammy Sosa was just ahead of the times........LOL!

[Elderberry]

Wood bats all break in the handle area. If the bat handles were sleeved with a carbon fiber/ kevlar biaxial sleeving epoxied on. Then when the bats broke the two pieces would stay together.

[Mr. K]

I could never stand the sound of an aluminum bat... it just sounds so wrong

A good hardwood CRACK is so satisfying. Sometimes I go to the batting cage just to experience it.

[Yo-Yo]

I think the players should have to make their own bats.