Comments about ‘Montana jury awards $850,000 in aluminum bat lawsuit’

Are you kidding me? $850,000? If you pitch in a baseball game you are going to have the ball hit back at you. Would the kid really have not played had the bat had a warning? Are any parents going to keep their kid from playing due to what has always been a known danger? Giving this lady $850,000 was a ridiculous injustice to the company.

Are you kidding me? This is another great example of someone who takes a tragic incident and uses it to leverage our broken legal system to enrich themselves.

What a joke our country has become. You assume a risk when playing a sport. Football, Baseball, Basketball, etc.. I guess nothing can be considered an accident anymore. There will always be slick attorneys & people that are just looking to cash in. Makes me sick.

There is no question that aluminum bats are dangerous. All baseball should be played with wood bats no matter what the age group. There have been studies about how much faster the ball JUMPS off of a metal bat and compared to a wood bat. Why do you think the major leagues do not us them, it because they KNOW they would KILL someone.

Aluminum bats are here because they are more cost effective over wood bats, wood bats break, metal bats can last for several years, you are right about one thing, the economy controls this. These folks are not looking for a fast buck, they just lost their son playing in a game that he loved. Yes is was and is and will be again another tragic incident, but it does not have to be. Wood bats have smaller sweet spots and the ball is not hit as hard. I hope you 3 people don't have someone playing baseball, because it could be you next,