On 6/17/11 10:10 AM, Jack Stein wrote:
On 6/16/2011 8:19 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 6/16/11 5:01 PM, Jack Stein wrote:
The problem with the bats breaking more than normal

The problem with the bats breaking more than normal is that they're not.

They are breaking more than they used to break, and breaking in a more
dangerous manner. Prior to 2000, almost all ML bats were ash. Now, about
50% of the bats are made of maple. Ash doesn't break as easily, and when
it does, it tends to crack, whilst maple tends to snap, sending
dangerous unguided wooden missiles about. This is what the people in the
business have been saying. I don't follow baseball or any other dumb ass
sport, so I only repeat what they are saying, and it makes sense.

Why do you say this is not happening?


Because there are other people with other statistics who say it's not
really happening more. There aren't really stats on broken bats and if
there are, now, it's too new a stat to have any value in a historic
analysis.

A couple people get hurt and all of a sudden it's an epidemic, so MLB is
on damage control. If they say, "it's no big deal, it's not happening
any more than it used to" and some fan gets impaled, MLB gets sued for
bazillions because they ignored a problem. If they acknowledge (even in
self-creation) a problem and address it, they come across as a good guy.


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