It may have something to do with last September's dropping of a lawsuit filed by
bat manufacturer Easton against the NCAA.
The bat manufacturer Easton released the first true aluminum bat, opening the floodgates for other companies to put their own versions on the market.
As I noted in 2011, there has been a flurry of lawsuits filed by injured baseball pitchers against
bat manufacturers and others that have had mixed success in recent years.
However,
bat manufacturers may be deemed responsible for injuries sustained by an individual due to a broken bat.
The downside to the fact that aluminum bats work better than wood bats is, apparently, a dozen million dollars or so in damages, if you are
the bat manufacturer.