How bad an injury will it take for MLB to do something about all the broken bats?

MLB sponsored comprehensive research into broken bats last year and published new manufacturing standards, which included specs for wood grain. Bat makers are supposed to meet these new standards if they want their products sanctioned for use in MLB games.

Is the problem getting worse? Have you any links to recent articles noting that the specs have failed and bats are breaking more than ever? Or is the 2009 spring training season showing nothing abnormal in bat breakage rates?

Something WAS done. Either you missed it, or the media is completely asleep this spring (which wouldn't be too surprising) while the breakage epidemic continues unchecked (and unreported).

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_relea...

It has been brought up with a lot of players and to the union I heard. In the last few years the amount of broken bats has gone way up. But all the hitters want lighter bats which also means more brittle wood, so its kind of a interesting decision. What do they want more?

This is America. We don't do anything until there's a crisis. A pitcher is going to have to lose an eye or his life before Big Bad Bud takes any action to ban bats made of maple wood.

Someone would most likely have to die. Baseball is about tradition and wooden bats are a tradition that will not likely change without extreme problems.

i agree, i hope they do something about it soon.