We all know that in every ballpark there are certain foul ball danger zones. But soon there might have to be shattered bat ones, too.
Major League Baseball instructed all 30 teams to save broken bats since July 2, a span of 260 games that has produced 257 broken bats, or nearly one per game. The MLB is consulting with a wood research institute at the University of Wisconsin, a statistician at Harvard and Forest Products Laboratory to understand why so many bats break during games.
It's been suggested that the bats are shattering becuase of inferior wood, players shaving their bat handles or the needs for stricter qualifications for companies to be approved to make bats. The study is also surveying more than 30 manufacturers to try to solve the mystery.
Why do you think bats shatter so easily?
Keywords: bats, Major League Baseball
