Comments on: New York City bans aluminum baseball bats http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Cloakroom » New York City Bans Everything Else, But Mandates Detailed Sex Ed for Kids http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-21044 The Cloakroom » New York City Bans Everything Else, But Mandates Detailed Sex Ed for Kids Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:59:36 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-21044 [...] Aluminum bats (Good thing NY isn’t a baseball town) [...] [...] Aluminum bats (Good thing NY isn’t a baseball town) [...]

]]> By: gary dean http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-20832 gary dean Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:06:23 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-20832 we ban baseball bats why not pickaxes grubhoes and axes they are more deadly weapons then baseball bats but people use them for work. i,m not from new york i,m from canada and yes we have the sport up here even though we only have one majorleague team{the toronto blue jays)but i think that we ban baseball bats and we might as well ban the sport altogther. no offense but i think that your polititions are bats. we ban baseball bats why not pickaxes grubhoes and axes they are more deadly weapons then baseball bats but people use them for work. i,m not from new york i,m from canada and yes we have the sport up here even though we only have one majorleague team{the toronto blue jays)but i think that we ban baseball bats and we might as well ban the sport altogther. no offense but i think that your polititions are bats.

]]> By: gary dean http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-20831 gary dean Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:48:00 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-20831 i think that banning baseball bats is over the top. they ban baseball bats they might as well ban the sport altogther and maybe even hockey. baseball bats are sporting goods not weapons just like a hockey stick or lecrosse stick. housekeys could easily be a weapon but without them i couldn,t unlock my apartment or my bicycle or garage. we ban baseball bats and we might as well outlaw an american classic. and aluminum bats also save trees from being cut down. i think that banning baseball bats is over the top. they ban baseball bats they might as well ban the sport altogther and maybe even hockey. baseball bats are sporting goods not weapons just like a hockey stick or lecrosse stick. housekeys could easily be a weapon but without them i couldn,t unlock my apartment or my bicycle or garage. we ban baseball bats and we might as well outlaw an american classic. and aluminum bats also save trees from being cut down.

]]> By: Greg http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14700 Greg Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:55:25 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14700 Today's "HOT" bats inflate players averages and makes an below to average hitter a clean up slugger. False and dilutes statistics serve no purpose. All levels need to learn how to hit with a wood bat. It requires more skill and discipline. It will weed out the men from the boys or the real hitters Vs. those who really cant. It's like cheating on a final exam, you may have passed but you don't know shit. Today’s “HOT” bats inflate players averages and makes an below to average hitter a clean up slugger. False and dilutes statistics serve no purpose. All levels need to learn how to hit with a wood bat. It requires more skill and discipline. It will weed out the men from the boys or the real hitters Vs. those who really cant. It’s like cheating on a final exam, you may have passed but you don’t know shit.

]]> By: robert http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14699 robert Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:51:08 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14699 Yeah go NYC NO ALUMINUM BATS! WHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah go NYC NO ALUMINUM BATS! WHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Will (ex little lgr) http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14698 Will (ex little lgr) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:48:42 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14698 Just because of a few rare occurrences, they feel metal bats are the enemy? It couldn't possibly be athletic kids, could it? Why not ban cars too? Cars have killed kids before. If we do that, then ban schools, because kids have died at school too. Ban pregnancies while we're at it, kids die during childbirth, so the only way to prevent children from dying during childbirth is to ban childbirth altogether. Just because of a few rare occurrences, they feel metal bats are the enemy? It couldn’t possibly be athletic kids, could it? Why not ban cars too? Cars have killed kids before. If we do that, then ban schools, because kids have died at school too. Ban pregnancies while we’re at it, kids die during childbirth, so the only way to prevent children from dying during childbirth is to ban childbirth altogether.

]]> By: old ball player http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14697 old ball player Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:15:17 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14697 Baseball is a very dynamic sport. I played baseball as a kid. I played fast pitch softball as an adult. I have seen serious injuries from both wooden and aluminum bats. For a critical injury to occur many things must coincide. The speed of the ball along with the point of impact and the density of the bone structure etc. If we consider shaken baby syndrome; any head injury is serious and banning aluminum or composite bats will only have a very limited effect. I still would use wooden bats for baseball if I were still playing because I like the feel of them but I know that banning aluminum bats will not make injuries go away. Adjusting the bat drop might help manage the larger, stronger 12 year-olds in Little League but at the same time would punish the boys that have not gotten their growth spurt yet. It all comes down to common sense. I see some Little League coaches in minors and majors send the third/first baseman charging in if the coach thinks a bunt is coming. That dynamic in place makes it easier for the chain of events to lead to injury. All players should be taught as part of their fielding to get into the proper defensive stance after delivery. I fractured my front teeth catching fast pitch softball in warmups because I did not have my catcher's mask on. Why? All the dynamics coincided. A rock was just in front of the plate. The pitch was pitched perfectly to make the ball skip up at a high angle and I was not wearing the mask. Dynamics... I played third and got rocked by hits from both wooden and aluminum bats (all when I was cheating a couple of steps) but I still have no problem with any bat materials. Cleaning the whole house with bleach to kill germs does not allow us to develop imunities. Pulling aluminum bats from the game does nothing for the real problem - developing proper defensive techniques and reaction time. If you can remove one dynamic then the accident usually doesn't happen. Remove the wrong dynamic and you leave the equation in tact. Teach them to be in correct position, be quick, pay attention and ALWAYS expect the ball to be drilled to you. Baseball is a very dynamic sport. I played baseball as a kid. I played fast pitch softball as an adult. I have seen serious injuries from both wooden and aluminum bats. For a critical injury to occur many things must coincide. The speed of the ball along with the point of impact and the density of the bone structure etc. If we consider shaken baby syndrome; any head injury is serious and banning aluminum or composite bats will only have a very limited effect. I still would use wooden bats for baseball if I were still playing because I like the feel of them but I know that banning aluminum bats will not make injuries go away. Adjusting the bat drop might help manage the larger, stronger 12 year-olds in Little League but at the same time would punish the boys that have not gotten their growth spurt yet. It all comes down to common sense. I see some Little League coaches in minors and majors send the third/first baseman charging in if the coach thinks a bunt is coming. That dynamic in place makes it easier for the chain of events to lead to injury. All players should be taught as part of their fielding to get into the proper defensive stance after delivery. I fractured my front teeth catching fast pitch softball in warmups because I did not have my catcher’s mask on. Why? All the dynamics coincided. A rock was just in front of the plate. The pitch was pitched perfectly to make the ball skip up at a high angle and I was not wearing the mask. Dynamics… I played third and got rocked by hits from both wooden and aluminum bats (all when I was cheating a couple of steps) but I still have no problem with any bat materials. Cleaning the whole house with bleach to kill germs does not allow us to develop imunities. Pulling aluminum bats from the game does nothing for the real problem – developing proper defensive techniques and reaction time. If you can remove one dynamic then the accident usually doesn’t happen. Remove the wrong dynamic and you leave the equation in tact. Teach them to be in correct position, be quick, pay attention and ALWAYS expect the ball to be drilled to you.

]]> By: Phil http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14696 Phil Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:36:55 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14696 Mizike- grow up, stop crying, and get over it. If the ball is coming too fast, then you need to change sports. And if you think the ball comes too fast in high school, you have no chance of playing in college, I'm playing D1 ball now. you would like to no- stop bragging. no one wants to hear it. and if you have to brag on one of these things to make yourself feel good, then you're probably just as bad as Mizike. The ban is for the good. why play with aluminum all the way up to the pros when the pros don't use aluminum. The game is not played the way it should be. Hitters shouldn't be able to hit one off their fists and get a bloop single over the second baseman. With wood, the bat cracks and they hit a dribbler. Make the hitters earn their hits. I'm sick of players getting a hit with just contact. Playing with wood is the way the game was intended to be played. Mizike- grow up, stop crying, and get over it. If the ball is coming too fast, then you need to change sports. And if you think the ball comes too fast in high school, you have no chance of playing in college, I’m playing D1 ball now.

you would like to no- stop bragging. no one wants to hear it. and if you have to brag on one of these things to make yourself feel good, then you’re probably just as bad as Mizike.

The ban is for the good. why play with aluminum all the way up to the pros when the pros don’t use aluminum. The game is not played the way it should be. Hitters shouldn’t be able to hit one off their fists and get a bloop single over the second baseman. With wood, the bat cracks and they hit a dribbler. Make the hitters earn their hits. I’m sick of players getting a hit with just contact. Playing with wood is the way the game was intended to be played.

]]> By: Derek http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14695 Derek Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:16:59 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14695 I agree with leon even though i like using wooden bats myself just for the fill that they have.But also now there are composite wood bats that are getting close to what metal bats are. I agree with leon even though i like using wooden bats myself just for the fill that they have.But also now there are composite wood bats that are getting close to what metal bats are.

]]> By: Leon http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14694 Leon Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:08:59 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/15/new-york-city-bans-aluminum-baseball-bats/#comment-14694 yeah, I think wooden bats are actually more dangerous than metal bats because they break more easily. This puts everyone in danger, not just the pitcher. The city council should have voted to have the pitcher wear protective head gear, so of like the catcher, but hey, everything has its drawbacks. yeah, I think wooden bats are actually more dangerous than metal bats because they break more easily. This puts everyone in danger, not just the pitcher. The city council should have voted to have the pitcher wear protective head gear, so of like the catcher, but hey, everything has its drawbacks.

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