What do you guys make of this new-found love for maple bats instead of traditional ash? It seems there's a huge problem with the maple bats exploding and becoming dangerous projectiles:
From the pictures in that article it appears to me that the bat in question was NOT constructed from straight grain lumber. Don't you think somebody in the bat making industry would have noticed this by now and made it a selling point and part of their quality control? Or do you think those suckers would explode regardless of grain direction?