Posted on 08/23/2006 6:15:49 AM PDT by Panerai
Not content with his crusade against vending machines, Rep. Peter Koutoujian (D-Waltham), co-chairman of the Committee on Public Health, is taking a swing at another public menace - aluminum baseball bats.
“If it does rise to a level where our children are in a certain amount of danger, there may be a need for some type of action,” Koutoujian told the State House News Service before a hearing on the issue, scheduled for today.
By “some type of action,” yes, he means a new state law telling parents and league organizers how their children may play the game.
By no means should this suggest we aren’t concerned about the danger aluminum bats pose. Opponents of using metal in organized Little League say the bats make a ball travel farther and, more ominously, much faster than a wooden bat would. John Della Volpe, father of 11-year-old Andrew, endured every parent’s nightmare when he saw his son struck between the eyes by a line drive hit with an aluminum bat.
But is this really a decision for the state Legislature? Doesn’t this fall under the rules of the game - and as such, shouldn’t it be determined by the parents and volunteers who run the individual leagues?
Also on today’s agenda, according to the Associated Press: studying how to improve safety on the baseball field, from the size of the baseball diamond, to repetitive motion injuries from pitching, to the wisdom of having players of different sizes and skills competing against each other.
Doesn’t Koutoujian have some campaigning he could be doing?
This guy really, really needs to find a life.
If you don't think wooden bats are dangerous, just ask Tommy LaSorda
Unfortunately,there are a lot just like him in the Ma. legislature.
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