Wow, what a joke Illinois is. They have the 2nd crooked governor in a row, one crisis after another in state government … and yet somebody there is worried about aluminum baseball bats. Wow.

Are you kidding me? Who in the world comes up with these dumb ideas? Surely there are more important issues to tackle than the Aluminum versus wood baseball bat! Why don’t they leave these important tests to the Good Housekeeping Testing staff and let them make the final recommondation.What a waste of time and money.

Oh why not. Just add it to the rest of the bans. We need more laws…yes…sir…e. Seriously, if it is a problem of increased injuries with aluminum bats and a child’s lack of control while playing, then maybe. But then I wear a helmet on two wheels as I keep going to tough lidless biker buds’ funerals. Call me wussie, but don’t call me slow! There is nothing like the sound of wood smacking a ball (unless it is Johnnie Knoxville and his metal handlebar medley). The ping of aluminum is kind of like drummer’s practice pads. Just not the same.

The bill is aimed at making it safer for children under 13.Thats the peewees and the little leaguers. That is a good idea for many reasons.

The physicist who commented did not consider the speed of the pitch in addition to the bat head speed. Combined they determine how far the ball will go. when hit by the sweet part of the bat., Different players get bat head speed in different ways.

PuJols is the ultimate, he can start a swing and change it while te ball is on the way from the pitcher at 90 miles per hour. No pitcher in the world would dare throw a pitch to him if he was
using an Aluminum bat.

For the l3 and under kids where the Pitchers mound is closer to the plate, I would advocate for wooden bats.to keep the players from getting hurt.

I get the logic behind wanting to require high-school and college players to use wood bats; but pre-teens? A lot of these pre-pubescent kids are undersized, and can barely get the head of the bat around without undercutting the ball as it is. This will only run more kids out of the sport.

Wow, were is the boys helmet? Also, why are there others inside the cage while balls are being thrown? Who cares what kind of bat they use, who ’bout they use some common sense and SAFETY.

I’m sure there are more important things considered “news” than this.

I noticed that in both stories of players being injuried both players would not be protected by the IL law. I must say I am not for requiring wood bats. But any sport worth playing will always come with risks. Its never good for a player to be injuried. wood bats do not make us that much safer. look at the injury that Juan from the Cardinals suffered.

If we try to outlaw wood bats because of the Cardinals players injury, what will be outlaw next, fans watching the game getting hit by foul balls or flying bats.

Teach the game, teach safety, use safety equipment, protect players and let the game go on.

Baseball bats are made of wood. Period. I don’t know what game you’re playing when you use those aluminum devices, but it sure as hell ain’t baseball.

As to the safety factor, why don’t we let the kids have aluminum bats and make them use wiffle balls instead? Or maybe we could just ban children from sports until they’re at least twleve years old. Or maybe….well, you get the idea.

If wood bats are what the professionals use, why would we want to start teaching our children in little league and other youth sports leagues with metal bats? Are we doing these young players a disservice with this “training wheel” mentality?

Perhaps bans should start at the college level and then be phased in downward (high school, khoury league, little leagues, etc) until they are gone.

I saw on the news the other day that SLU would be “scrimaging” against the Cardinals this week. The guy they interviewed was holding an aluminum bat. I commented at that time that he should consider getting rid of that to play the pros. I didn’t look into it further, but now I am wondering if the SLU players were allowed aluminum bats.