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California Goes To Bat For Safety

Following a near fatal injury, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced that it will require metal bats to meet the Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution Test Performance Standard (BBCOR) and ban composite bats effective immediately.
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Metal Bat Ban Urged by California Lawmaker

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 16:31. | comments

Yesterday I wrote about the controversy surrounding the use of metal bats and the debate over whether they are safe, particularly in youth baseball.

It now appears that bans against the use of metal bats at the high school level in California are gaining momentum. 

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

New Metal Baseball Bat Commercial Raises Safety Concerns

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 15:07. | comments

At this time every year we at MomsTeam get a flood of emails asking the same question: "Why don't they ban metal bats?"

This has been a contentious issue and one which I have been following for years. I have always been on the fence, although leaning in the direction of some common-sense regulation of metal bats to limit the speed at which balls come off the bat.

Ironically, it is a new metal baseball bat commercial that raises safety concerns and has me re-thinking my stance.

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