[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.

[Smokin' Joe]

I understand they are more durable than wood bats, but they are more dangerous.

They don't sound the same, but I never broke one (sharp ends and all that).

I don't see them as any more dangerous than a kid who can really wallop the ball.

The rest is up to the reaction time of the defensive players.

[exhaustguy]

You might want to ask Steve Yeager about how safe wood bats are.

John Grisham has an interesting take on this controversy in his book “The Appeal”

I think the solution is composite bats carefully tested to match the performance of baseline wood bats. I agree aluminum bats are a bad idea.