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Xbbjf9s on 20 September 2010

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Chicago-Cubs-rookie-Tyler-Colvin-struck-by-shattered-bat-091910?GT1=39002

Is there a reason why they can't use metal bats? I'm not really into baseball so I'm not what the the difference in bats make.

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noname2200 on 20 September 2010

Xbbjf9s said:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Chicago-Cubs-rookie-Tyler-Colvin-struck-by-shattered-bat-091910?GT1=39002

Is there a reason why they can't use metal bats? I'm not really into baseball so I'm not what the the difference in bats make.

Aluminum bats would make homeruns far too routine: wooden bats are noticeably weaker than metal ones.

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hatmoza on 20 September 2010

How bad is the video ... I'm scared to watch it D:

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dano on 20 September 2010

it´s not a video, just the news page..

too bad for the injured player, but again, a lot of players get hurt in their own favorite sport.

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Oh good it wasn't a real bear cub, I was worried for a second (seriously)

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Metallicube on 20 September 2010

Hopefully he is ok, he was one of our few bright spots this season.

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ChichiriMuyo on 21 September 2010

Xbbjf9s said:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Chicago-Cubs-rookie-Tyler-Colvin-struck-by-shattered-bat-091910?GT1=39002

Is there a reason why they can't use metal bats? I'm not really into baseball so I'm not what the the difference in bats make.

Wow, that's awful. I hope he pulls through.

And there are good reasons not to use aluminum bats. For one thing, the pitcher is put into a much more dangerous situation because of them. Aluminum bats send the ball further and faster, to the point where the guy who throws the ball can't reliably protect himself if it comes flying back at him. If the switch was made from wood to metal, we wouldn't be reading one rare story of someone impaled by a shattered bat but several stories each season of pitchers decommissioned (or worse) by a ball they couldn't possibly be expected to catch.

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amp316 on 21 September 2010

Xbbjf9s said:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Chicago-Cubs-rookie-Tyler-Colvin-struck-by-shattered-bat-091910?GT1=39002

Is there a reason why they can't use metal bats? I'm not really into baseball so I'm not what the the difference in bats make.

They don't use aluminum bats for the reason that noname 2200 already said.

What they need to do is stop using maple bats though. The wood breaks much easier. Also, the fact that hitters are allowed to shave the handle of the bat down to the point where they are virtually nonexistant does not help the matter.

I'm just glad that the young man is going to live. He had a breathing tube put in him because he had his lung punctured. They said that the wooden stake was a couple of inches from getting his heart. Scary, but true.

One last thing. Being a Cubs fan, I'd have to say that this incident is symbolic of the Cubs in general. The Cubs have a horrible year. Rookie Tyler Colvin has a very impressive season and then is impaled by a bat. That's about how things go for the Cubs.

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Mr Puggsly on 21 September 2010

When hear impaled I assume it went through him. Like hit him in the chest and came out his back.

But it really didn't seem to go that deep.

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