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Does this mean if I trip and fall and smash my head against a curb, my wife can sue the cement manufacturer if I die?

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This is a topic for reasonable discussion.

However, given the contentiousness of tort reform, if it turns political this thread will be deleted.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 24, 2009 2:53 PM CDT reply actions  

I'll edit that part. It was just an aside.

It’s more about the ridiculousness of aluminum vs. wood anyway.

"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things." ~Winston Churchill

by Goodie1969 on Oct 24, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

OK.

I’m basically in agreement with you — this seems like a ridiculous suit. It was a horrible accident, but not caused by anything inherent in the design of the bat.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 24, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

I am surprised they are not suing Rawlings

for producing an object that could kill someone if it came at nearly 100 miles an hour.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Oct 24, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions  

The part that dumbfounded me:
No warnings were given to adequately provide sufficient notice to users such as Patch of the dangerous propensities of these products, the suit alleges.

No warnings? Other than a lifetime of watching line drives scalded off the barrel of such bats?

"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things." ~Winston Churchill

by Goodie1969 on Oct 24, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

I believe the watch for balls

and the disclosure on the back of a ticket count as a warning….but waht do i know

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Oct 24, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Eh?

The ball that struck Patch was traveling at 99.8 mph, he said. Nearly every home run hit with a wooden bat exceeds 100 mph, Sterup added.

Well then, the defense rests.

"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)

Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Oct 24, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't really get the home run analogy.

Home runs are not going to kill , line drives are the things that can kill, which makes pitchers as well as first & third baseman and first and third base coaches most vunerable. It is worth noting that New York City and other places do ban metal bats for little league etc. Some claim they are more dangerous than wooden ones but I don’t personally see that it would have made a difference here.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Oct 24, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

The other question is if they win, then what?

Amateur baseball cannot afford wood bats. Are manufacturers supposed to make aluminum bats that deaden the ball?

by rlpete on Oct 25, 2009 7:47 AM CDT reply actions  

This is stupid.

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Oct 25, 2009 11:25 AM CDT reply actions  

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