Metal bat proposal strikes out
- June
- 27
The County Legislature Tuesday will formally pull a proposal to ban metal bats from all pre-high school baseball games at the request of its sponsor, Legislator VJ Pradhan, D-Nanuet.
The proposal had been vehemently opposed by local Little League organizations, with officials coming to a recent committee meeting on the subject.
“I’m pulling it out for one reason: because Nanuet Little League has taken the first step toward safety,†Pradhan said. “They are asking their pitchers to wear a shield to protect their heart.â€
Pradhan said he hopes other local Little Leagues will follow Nanuet’s lead. Nanuet started using the chest guard recently.
The whole issue came back into the limelight in May when the family of a 12-year-old New Jersey Little Leaguer sued an aluminum bat maker, the league and the store where the bat was sold. In 2006, the boy’s suffered brain damage after a line drive off such a bat hit him and stopped his heart.
Minority Leader Ed Day, R-New City, called, as a longtime coach, to say he was glad the matter was being pulled, saying the ban would have been unnecessary.
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