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ipfilter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 01:19 PM
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6. There's an arms race in bats going on in youth baseball
and rec softball. For the most part, it's the hitters skill to get the bat on the ball, but all things being equal a $300 composite bat is going to perform better than a $20 bat from Wal-mart. It would be nice if all levels of baseball required wood bats, but that's not going to happen in the foreseeable future.

I really don't see the liability falling on LS in this case. The same result could have happened from any brand of bat...even a wooden bat.
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  -Jury Awards $850,000 In Louisville Slugger Case Bertha Venation  Oct-30-09 12:32 PM   #0 
  - Bats should be made out of Ash. Anything else is a crime against humanity.  Gidney N Cloyd   Oct-30-09 12:59 PM   #1 
  - sigh - I'm sorry the kid died though  la_chupa   Oct-30-09 01:01 PM   #2 
  - Oh boy, here comes the little old ladies spilling coffee on themselves analogy.  Wapsie B   Oct-30-09 01:03 PM   #3 
  - I'm surprised, but not horrified, given the specifics. BTW, the comment about baseball  jobycom   Oct-30-09 01:08 PM   #4 
  - I stopped reading once I realized it was too thought out.  Dr. Strange   Oct-30-09 01:16 PM   #5 
  - There's an arms race in bats going on in youth baseball  ipfilter   Oct-30-09 01:19 PM   #6 
  - I read it, Jobycom.  Bertha Venation   Oct-30-09 01:51 PM   #7 
  - While I am sympathetic toward the family...  brendan120678   Oct-30-09 02:34 PM   #8 
 

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