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 More Nationals NewsNationals LinksNationals slugger Adam Dunn recently switched from maple to ash bats, which are believed to be safer. "Maple is too dangerous, I switched last June," Dunn said. "Those bats shatter. One of them is going to end up sticking out of somebody's neck. Maybe [a fan] in the stands. I'm not being that guy that did it." Dunn isn't worried about losing any power wit ash bats. "Using the ash probably does take away some homers, probably. If you don't quite get it, miss it a little, it doesn't go as far," said Dunn. "I'll take one, two, three less homers and not have my name on the barrel of the bat sticking in somebody. I saw a [shattered] bat go around an umpire's head last year. "I'm not saying I'll never use maple. But you know which pitchers are known for [shattering bats]." |
