1.   Critics complained about the proliferation of scoring while wondering about the safety of using the metal bats.

2.   Do metal bats take the ballance out of baseball?

3.   Easton is one of the largest makers of the metal bats.

4.   His departing teammates handed over the metal bat, trying to sell him on its virtues.

5.   The muddy ball came off the metal bat with a thud, skipping along the grass and dying when it reached the saturated infield dirt.

6.   Thurston noted that there are several reasons why bat companies are against reducing the explosive power of metal bats, with profits coming out on top.

7.   When his teammates were gone, the metal bat went to the side of the cage, against the netting.

8.   When they let him up, he got a metal bat out of the trunk of his car.

9.   After going to the dugout, Everett threw a bat on the field, knocked over a water cooler and punched the metal bat rack.

10.   Early metal bats were heavy and only the strongest players could generate much speed in their swing.