Going Batty in Major League Baseball?

Ash, Maple, Yellow birch? Return to Babe Ruth's hickory? Does baseball need a 'bat' czar? Yahoo Sports and engineering reporters tell conflicting tales as to whether MLB is succeeding in its quest to solve the dangerous breakage of baseball bats. Will new rules for the coming season help? Is it time for MLB to open their closed process and get a wider scope of leading engineers on the challenge? Can a more serious engineering analysis help solve Major League Baseball's problem of dangerous breaking baseball bats?

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