Last week, Romanucci & Blandin filed a lawsuit on behalf of Robert F. and Cheryl L. Schutter, parents of Jake R. Schutter, age 11, against Easton Sports, Inc., d/b/a Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. Our client, an 11-year-old boy, suffered hearing loss as a result of being struck in the head by a baseball hit by an Easton Sports’ aluminum baseball bat.

In the lawsuit, we alleged that the bat was unreasonably dangerous because of the “trampoline” effect these bats are designed to create. The lawsuit generated quite a response in the blogosphere. Some of the comments were supportive ...

Let’s make a simple point: the catcher is wearing protective equipment behind the plate to protect himself mostly from foul balls.

The batter is wearing a helmet, at a minimum, to protect himself from errant pitches when he is unable to duck out of the way in time. The pitcher who stands the same distance away as the batter is unprotected from a ball that travels faster off the bat than it arrives at home plate -- which means the pitcher has less time to perceive and react to a ball than a batter would.

We all know that metal bats perform better than wood bats. period. If they did not, we would not be ...