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Most professional baseball players want a wooden bat -- ash or maple -- that has a thick barrel supported by a thin handle to help create bat speed, much like the aluminum models they used as a youth. Estimates vary, but it is believed about 70 percent of professional players use maple at least some of the time, saying they believe the bats allow them to hit for more power. Some players go back and forth between maple and ash.
Of course, talk of banning maple bats was revived after a piece from a broken bat struck Chicago Cubs rookie Tyler Colvin on Sunday, sidelining him for the rest of the season. Colvin was hospitalized and treated for two days with a tube in his chest to prevent a collapsed lung.
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