[Amnorix]

There was an article somewhere (ESPN?) about this. Apparentyl, nobody really used maple bats until Joe Carter or someone in the 90s. Now it's nearly 40% or so of baseball player.s

Problem is that they are very prone to breaking and having pieces flying everywhere, threatening players and fans. It's only a matter of time before a jagged hunk o' bat goes into the stands, and someone gets hurt.

And when they sue, they'll be bring into court things like the ESPN article. I'd hate to be the defnese lawyer dealing with "ESPN **WROTE** a full article about how dangerous these were, and you STILL let players use them. Everyone knows the risks of the BALL going into the stands, but that's unavoidable. Pieces of a bat, however, is avoided just by using the SAME WOOD BASEBALL HAS USED FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS, until the last 10 of course...."

Ouch.