Comments on: Broken Bats http://www.prolebrity.com/broken-bats/ Athlete Blogs, Spotlights, Businesses, Charities, Events & More Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shelia http://www.prolebrity.com/broken-bats/#comment-2130 shelia Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:28:48 +0000 http://www.prolebrity.com/?p=396#comment-2130 how many bats have been broken in baseball for the whole year. how many bats have been broken in baseball for the whole year.

]]> By: Phil Rauso http://www.prolebrity.com/broken-bats/#comment-1202 Phil Rauso Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:43:30 +0000 http://www.prolebrity.com/?p=396#comment-1202 Hi David, Watched you play here in AZ when you were with the D-Backs. I wanted you to check out this website about a invention that eliminates the flying projectiles caused by broken bats. So far we have a 100% success rate with breaking the bats and keeping the sharp fragments contained. It’s inexpensive, it’s wonderful and best of all it works Hi David,

Watched you play here in AZ when you were with the D-Backs.

I wanted you to check out this website about a invention that eliminates the flying projectiles caused by broken bats.

So far we have a 100% success rate with breaking the bats and keeping the sharp fragments contained. It’s inexpensive, it’s wonderful and best of all it works

]]> By: Chad Durbin http://www.prolebrity.com/broken-bats/#comment-507 Chad Durbin Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:11:10 +0000 http://www.prolebrity.com/?p=396#comment-507 David, Well written, insightful article. I agree with you across the board. Glad you're getting these thoughts out there! Hope the last month finds you healthy and productive. Hope they give you your at-bats, basically. All my best, Durbin David,

Well written, insightful article. I agree with you across the board. Glad you’re getting these thoughts out there!

Hope the last month finds you healthy and productive. Hope they give you your at-bats, basically.

All my best,

Durbin

]]> By: AK http://www.prolebrity.com/broken-bats/#comment-502 AK Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:12:09 +0000 http://www.prolebrity.com/?p=396#comment-502 Hi David, very insightful! <br> However - Regarding your comment "Although there have been many close calls, to my knowledge no one has been seriously hurt." -- Susan Rhodes, a Dodgers fan, and Don Long, a Pirates hitting coach, might say otherwise. According to this LA times article - http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/01/sports/sp-shaikin1 - Susan "needed surgery to repair a jaw broken in two places. She still suffers from numbness in her chin and lips, migraine headaches and memory loss." Don, meanwhile, "was nailed by a wayward piece of a shattered bat, opening a gash along the left side of his face. The damaged nerve has yet to recover, so he has no sense of feeling in part of his upper lip." Both incidents happened this season. Heres a yahoo article on it, too, with some pics: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-bats052908&prov=yhoo&type=lgns <br> Meanwhile, in the NHL, in March '02, a 13-year-old girl, Brittanie Cecil, wasn't as "fortunate" as Susan & Don, and was killed when a deflected shot struck her in the head. Just 3 MONTHS LATER the NHL Board of Governors ordered the installation of protective safety netting at all league arenas. <br> Now, I know you didn't mention the danger of foul balls in your post at all, but I'm sure those are flying just as fast as errant hockey pucks at times, and thus are just as dangerous to the fans as the bats are. So disregarding the whole maple vs. ash debate for a minute, what would your thoughts be on the league following the NHL's example, and implementing more netting down the foul lines, instead of just behind the backstop? (and I've been to many a hockey game since the netting went up, and it doesn't impact the viewing aesthetic whatsoever, even from the ends of the rink, so that can't be used as a counter-argument for not installing more netting in baseball stadiums) Granted, this still wouldn't solve the problem of the players and coaches being in danger, but at least the fans would be safer, without the players having to give up their precious maple. I'm shocked MLB hasn't already done at least this as a temporary solution to the problem.. <br> -AK Hi David, very insightful!

However – Regarding your comment “Although there have been many close calls, to my knowledge no one has been seriously hurt.” — Susan Rhodes, a Dodgers fan, and Don Long, a Pirates hitting coach, might say otherwise. According to this LA times article – http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/01/sports/sp-shaikin1 – Susan “needed surgery to repair a jaw broken in two places. She still suffers from numbness in her chin and lips, migraine headaches and memory loss.” Don, meanwhile, “was nailed by a wayward piece of a shattered bat, opening a gash along the left side of his face. The damaged nerve has yet to recover, so he has no sense of feeling in part of his upper lip.” Both incidents happened this season. Heres a yahoo article on it, too, with some pics: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-bats052908&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Meanwhile, in the NHL, in March ‘02, a 13-year-old girl, Brittanie Cecil, wasn’t as “fortunate” as Susan & Don, and was killed when a deflected shot struck her in the head. Just 3 MONTHS LATER the NHL Board of Governors ordered the installation of protective safety netting at all league arenas.

Now, I know you didn’t mention the danger of foul balls in your post at all, but I’m sure those are flying just as fast as errant hockey pucks at times, and thus are just as dangerous to the fans as the bats are. So disregarding the whole maple vs. ash debate for a minute, what would your thoughts be on the league following the NHL’s example, and implementing more netting down the foul lines, instead of just behind the backstop? (and I’ve been to many a hockey game since the netting went up, and it doesn’t impact the viewing aesthetic whatsoever, even from the ends of the rink, so that can’t be used as a counter-argument for not installing more netting in baseball stadiums) Granted, this still wouldn’t solve the problem of the players and coaches being in danger, but at least the fans would be safer, without the players having to give up their precious maple. I’m shocked MLB hasn’t already done at least this as a temporary solution to the problem..

-AK

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