Banning Maple Bats Means the Unfortunate End of Xtreme Baseball Watching

Seriously, how many more eyes need to get poked out before Major League Baseball just bans maple bats all together? Look at those terrified fans to your left, splintered shards of wood hurling toward them at a dizzying pace. It’s quite hilarious alarming.

Then again, you should always be aware of your surroundings when at a baseball game. Not only could a maple bat split in half and fly into the stands to impale you or a loved one, but there is also a risk of foul balls and home runs smoking you in the head when you’re innocently flagging down the beer vendor.

Yes, maple bats have been providing endless excitement for casual fan for many years now.

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Baseballs Gone Wild

In other important, somewhat strange baseball news, the commissioner's office has announced that balls must be stored at a uniform temperature after they are delivered from the manufacturer. Rawlings has recommended the baseballs be stored at 70 degrees with 50% humidity.

This decision comes after much debate concerning the humidor installed at Coors Field.

Some players have complained in the past about the humidor balls, specifically, new Minnesota Twins third baseman, Jeff Cirillo. He played for the Colorado Rockies from 2000-2001 and claims the baseballs stored at Coors are spongy, big and water-logged. He even went so far as to accuse the club of cheating, somehow.