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Irregular News for 06.23.06
Middlesex, NJ -- Millennium Radio has learned exclusive details of legislation that will be introduced today in Trenton aimed at banning aluminum bats from all organized baseball and softball games in which a minor plays in New Jersey. The bill is being introduced in response to the near fatal injury of a 12 year old Wayne boy who was struck in the chest by a line drive as he stood on the pitcher's mound just 45 feet from home plate during a PAL game earlier this month.
State Assemblyman Pat Diegnan (D-Middlesex) says lawmakers should take whatever steps necessary to make youth sports safer. "Anybody that has played ball, coached ball, and seen the ball come off the aluminum bats knows it can be frightening," says Diegnan. "It takes a half-second for a batted ball to get to a pitcher on a 45-foot mound. If an aluminum bat is used, they believe the speed of a ball can exceed 100 miles per hour, while with a wooden bat it would be more like 80 miler per hour. That may seem insignificant unless you are on the picther's mound."
Last week, Steven Domalewski of Wayne was being pulled out of an induced coma after he had collapsed to the field during a PAL game. A line drive struck him in the chest, causing his heart to stop beating. A spectator lept from the stands to administer CPR.
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Middlesex, NJ -- Millennium Radio has learned exclusive details of legislation that will be introduced today in Trenton aimed at banning aluminum bats from all organized baseball and softball games in which a minor plays in New Jersey. The bill is being introduced in response to the near fatal injury of a 12 year old Wayne boy who was struck in the chest by a line drive as he stood on the pitcher's mound just 45 feet from home plate during a PAL game earlier this month.
State Assemblyman Pat Diegnan (D-Middlesex) says lawmakers should take whatever steps necessary to make youth sports safer. "Anybody that has played ball, coached ball, and seen the ball come off the aluminum bats knows it can be frightening," says Diegnan. "It takes a half-second for a batted ball to get to a pitcher on a 45-foot mound. If an aluminum bat is used, they believe the speed of a ball can exceed 100 miles per hour, while with a wooden bat it would be more like 80 miler per hour. That may seem insignificant unless you are on the picther's mound."
Last week, Steven Domalewski of Wayne was being pulled out of an induced coma after he had collapsed to the field during a PAL game. A line drive struck him in the chest, causing his heart to stop beating. A spectator lept from the stands to administer CPR.
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