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*This is my article from Moraine Valley Community College's newspaper the Glacier. This article won first place in the Illinois Community College Journalism Association spring conference.America’s pastime is turning into a deadly game of life and death. Young ballplayers have been experiencing horrific injuries such as broken jaws, fractured skulls, comas and even death due to the use of aluminum baseball bats.The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) adopted new standards for aluminum bats a few years ago. The standards state that aluminum bats have to have a diameter of 2 5/8" and a weight-length differential of three. ...