1.   Aluminum bats are used by millions of baseball and softball players in amateur leagues worldwide.

2.   Aluminum bats are used.

3.   And the team pounded out nine hits using wood bats.

4.   As he always said he would, he used a bat his father had given him for his first major league swings.

5.   Bonds revealed that he won the contest using a bat belonging to Derek Bell of Houston that he borrowed from Gary Sheffield of Florida.

6.   But many high school and college players use aluminum bats, which are more durable and make it easier to smack a ball out of the park.

7.   Cedric Dempsey, NCAA executive director, has alerted university executives to potential legal risk if they use the previously allowed bats this season.

8.   Ed Sprague said that five Blue Jays used one bat during two months of daily batting practice last year before it finally shattered.

9.   Few guys can resist using the bat.

10.   For this game, the Cubans could be at a disadvantage because they will be using wood bats instead of the aluminum bats they use during their season.