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Originally Posted by detteam  Someday, someone's gonna get impaled by one...they should be outlawed. | You mean like this?  Plate umpire O'Nora hit by shattered maple bat - MLB - SI.com Quote:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Plate umpire Brian O'Nora was hit in the head by a shattered piece of Miguel Olivo's broken maple bat Tuesday night, sending blood streaming down his face and forcing him out of a game between the Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals.
O'Nora was injured in the bottom of the second inning when Olivo's bat snapped on a groundout to shortstop. With blood pouring down his face, O'Nora rushed to Kansas City's dugout, where Jose Guillen quickly covered the umpire's head with a towel.
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After the Royals' 7-3 victory, Olivo confirmed that the shattered bat that struck O'Nora was made of maple. The Kansas City designated hitter said he switched to an ash bat for the rest of the game.
Earlier in the day, Major League Baseball said it will start testing bats following Tuesday's meeting of a player-management safety committee, but the sport made no decision on the contentious issue of banning maple models.
Some say maple bats splinter with greater force than bats made of ash, and commissioner Bud Selig said last month that shattering maple bats are "a source of concern for me."
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Selig has not said whether the sport would consider a ban on maple bats or regulating the thickness of handles. The commissioner can't ban maple bats unilaterally because their use is a term and condition of employment and subject to collective bargaining. |
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