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Does Maple Matter? Bat Manufacturer Says Wood Species 'Not the Problem'

Most professional baseball players want a wooden bat -- ash or maple -- that has a thick barrel supported by a thin handle to help create bat speed, much like the aluminum models they used as a youth. Estimates vary, but it is believed about 70 percent of professional players use maple at least some of the time, saying...

The MLB Hour: Bruce Bochy Joins Show

The Giants are in first place in the NL West and are hoping to hold on and return to the postseason for the first time since 2003. How are they coping in a tight division race? Manager Bruce Bochy joins The MLB Hour to fill us in on the state of his club. Click below to see the interview and go around the majors with our...

Maple Bat Ban Is Long Overdue in MLB

The frightening injury to Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin Sunday, which left him with a punctured chest and lung as a result of his teammate's shattered maple bat, has renewed calls for a ban on them. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips wonders what will have to happen before Major League Baseball finally takes action.

Maple Bat Debate Raging On in Wake of Tyler Colvin's Injury

OAKLAND -- When Brad Ziegler saw what happened to Tyler Colvin on Sunday, it reopened a not-so-old wound. Less than three weeks ago, the A's pitcher had a six-inch gash ripped into the back of his right shoulder by a chunk of shattered maple bat. "I think, one way or another, something has to be done," Ziegler told...

Joe Maddon Renews Call for Maple Bat Ban After David Price Injured

FORT MYERS, Fla. --There are few scarier sights on a baseball field than a shattered bat spinning awkwardly toward a player's head. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon saw it happen Wednesday. Again. His pitcher, lefty David Price, avoided serious injury when the maple bat of Boston's Adrian Beltre shattered and zoomed toward...

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10/21/11 E. Valley pair aim to end broken bats Source: azcentral.com Brothers Steve and Phil Rauso are out to make baseball safer by keeping maple bats from shattering into wooden javelins that fly at unsuspecting players and fans.
09/28/10 Kobritz?s Corner Source: The Seymour Herald - Seymour TN The debate concerning the use of maple bats by MLB players has flared anew after Cubs rookie outfielder Tyler Colvin was nearly impaled by the remnant of a shattered maple bat used by teammate Welington Castillo.
09/24/10 Bednark bemoans swing to maple bats Source: The Barnstable Patriot - Hyannis MA He wasn't watching the Sept. 19 game when Chicago Cubs base runner Tyler Colvin was impaled by a flying shard from a split bat, but he saw it coming.