Pitcher eye injury from aluminum bat
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Safety case used to motivate NCAA stiffness requirements. Pitchers blinded by line drives off high-COR aluminum bats.
The NCAA has actually got some of the stiffest requirements so that you don't have people hitting lots of home runs, but you have a safe system where the balls are not coming off so fast that people can't respond. That's the safety issue. There have been cases where pitchers have been blinded because the ball came off so fast, hit them in the eye, and they couldn't react. People have done studies of these things, and it's still very controversial because it's sports. Some people want to have the best performance and some people are worried about safety. It's just a big debate, okay.