On 9/21/10 7:41 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
Instead of changing the wood, why not look into some elasticy coating the
bats could be covered with? When the bat does break, the coating would
(perhaps) keep the bat together at least long enough to slow the speed
down to something safer.

The idea is not dissimilar to putting plastic between layers of glass to
make them impact resistant.

Puckdropper

Right now, it's against the rules. The bats must be made out of a
single piece of wood (no laminations or alterations).

Ask me about the "4 outs in an inning" rule. It's a good one.

-Zz


Not sure about that. I think there are laminated bats, now. I may be
wrong, or maybe they're just experimenting with it in the minors.

In any case, I don't see a need to do anything. If you look at the odds,
someone getting hurt by a flying broken bat is about as rare as getting
hit by lighting while cashing a winning mega-millions lotto ticket.


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