Emails from Others
Forever #11
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August 26th, 2004.
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How many years should we wait just to have more injuries or fatalities? Your sons story has touched me
and so many others.
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Sam
17 Virginia.
August 21st, 2004.
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I just wanted to say how sorry i am that you had to go through that ordeal and how much it opened my eyes to high school and college level baseball...
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Chris
August 21st, 2004.
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Something that SHOULD have been prevented is so hard to hear. I would hope and pray that this exposure will help the right people to see the dangers in aluminium bats.
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Tim
Cleveland Ohio
August 21st, 2004.
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There were countless times in these tournaments where kids on the team would say that would have been a hit with an aluminum bat and little comments like that.I wouldn't mind playing with wood bats, not only because of the danger, but it also makes you a better hitter and evens out the competition. "
R.M.
August 21st, 2004.
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I just wanted to send a simple email to say how much your sons story meant to me.
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Jeff
Raleigh NC
August 21st, 2004.
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I plan on coaching my sons team in the near future. They are only 8, 6, and 2 and my two girls are only 3 and 1 but none of them will be playing with anything but wood.
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Malcolm
August 21st, 2004.
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I just read the article and ESPN Magazine and was touched by the story of your son.
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Gary
August 21st, 2004.
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I was hit in the forehead by a liner off an aluminum bat and suffered a concussion so I know the consequences of the aluminum bats!!!
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Kyle
Ramsey, MN
August 21st, 2004.
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I was really moved by the story in espn magazine.
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Josie
August 21st, 2004.
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Then I read Brandon's story and realized how unsafe they really are. I am going to get a wood bat as soon as I can, and next baseball season, I am going to use a wood bat, no matter how much my coach protests.
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Andrew
Sonoma, California
August 21st, 2004.
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I just hope that no family will have to go through what you had to go through.
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Kyle
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
August 21st, 2004.
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As a former Little League coach I did not like the use of aluminum bats. I am a traditionalist of the game and it was meant to be played with wood bats. Metal bats don't level the playing field, the endanger the playing field..
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Casey
August 21st, 2004.
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I don't know that I ever really thought about the danger until I read Brandon's story.
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Jeff
Virginia
August 21st, 2004.
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Keep up the good fight to rid baseball of aluminum bats.
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Ron
Atlanta, GA
August 21st, 2004.
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I agree with what your saying about alluminum bats, I pitch also and got line drives, hit in the knee cap, and it was instantly shattered. Bad experiences.
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Scott
August 21st, 2004.
"BRANDON WILL ALWAYS BE THERE LOOKING DOWN FROM HEAVEN WATHCING OVER YOU ALL!!!"
Erica
August 20th, 2004.
"I am deeply sorry that your family had to feel the brunt of the technological advancements w/o regard to safety issues to the young men who stand 60 feet nad 6 inches away from that bat. (actually much closer after a follow through)."
Dan
Follansbee, West Virginia
August 20th, 2004.
"Pitchers have the chance to lose everything, but life should not even have a chance to be lost."
"I will wear his number 11 on my game hat when I play from now on in honor of him!"
Mike
Gallatin, Tennessee
August 20th, 2004.
"I hope that other parents and coaches take in consideration in forfeiting aluminum bats and replacing them with wooden ones."
Ruben
August 20th, 2004.
"I couldnt believe when i heard about the news."
Archer
Washington
August 20th, 2004.
"...but got ahold of one incredibly well, perfect "ding", everything. Then I also heard a "thud" I had hit my friends temple, on his left side." "He had to have emergency surgery, he ended up having a titanium plate put onto his skull."
Drew W.
West Virginia
August 20th, 2004.
"I will do my best to play with the fervor, dedication, and love for the game that Brandon once had.""In the end, I believe the game was meant to be played with wooden bats anyway."
Thomas
Parsons, KS
August 20th, 2004.
"Well, I started to read Brandon's story, only to start to cry, unbeleavable!!!!!!!!!""Two years ago, my son was playing Select baseball ... and got hit in the face by a 60 mph pitch, leveled him to the ground. Hospital visits, specialist's, doctors, 2 years later, he's all better."
Shelly
Hughesville, Md.
August 20th, 2004.
"Once again, Brandon's story is amazing, and so is yours"
Matt
August 20th, 2004.
"I recently read your son's story in ESPN the magazine and I was really touched. I just thought it was an amazing story."
Austin
Cincinnati, Ohio
August 20th, 2004.
"Parents are willing to pay the $200 to make their child hit the ball further than little Joey next door. Every parent wants their kid to be the best. If your child is truly the best athlete on the team then he or she will be able to do it with a wooden bat!!!"
Robert
August 20th, 2004.
"After about 4 batters, Jonathan was struck directly in the face by a batted ball. He has played for me for the last 3 years and has always had very good reflex's on the mound. This is a 16 year old young man who had played hurt many times and is as tough as iron. That night he did not have enough quickness. As he was airlifted to Atlanta Medical Center I was praying that he would not have any serious life long problems after the accident ..."
"The problem I stuggle with is ...Does it take 1 more or 15 more young men like your son to die on a baseball field to get laws passed to protect our kids and our national pastime."
Terry Westenfeld
Head Baseball Coach
Legion Post 251
Acworth, Georgia
August 20th, 2004.
"I got hit in the mouth with a ball hit by an aluminum bat and it knocked out two of my (baby) teeth. Later on in the year I nailed a kid in the arm with a line drive."
Adam
Chicago
August 20th, 2004.
"I think it would be a good idea to ban metal bats in little league, highschool , and even in college."
Patrick
Florida
August 20th, 2004.
"Hello my name is Kevin Patton, 14 I live in Ohio and I love the game of baseball.""Your story is so moving that I will now wear number 11 on my hat in memory of your son."
Kevin
Ohio
August 20th, 2004.
"It was one of the most moving articles I have ever read in ESPN or in any magazine. I was simply in tears."
Lawerence "LJ"
August 20th, 2004.
"While reading the article last night I made it through one page and began to cry. I cannot imagine watching that happen to my children."
Jon
August 20th, 2004.
"I will try to do anything to help the usage of aluminum bats when I can."
Laura
August 20th, 2004.
"Kids are bigger and stronger, 90 miles an hour fastballs from high schoolers and with this technology in their hands, it's a risk that warrants attention."
Paul
August 20th, 2004.
" I saw how fast an 87 mph pitch came off an aluminum bat. The argument that a pitcher doesn't have enough reaction time to something like that is an understatement. Enough reaction time? There is no reaction time. A muscle can twitch, but and arm cannot defend that quickly."
Ryan
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
August 20th, 2004.
"Several times the ball was hit right back to him and I often wondered why wood bats were not used.""Today's boys are so much stronger than in the past and aluminum bats are just too dangerous."
Karen
Belton, Texas
August 20th, 2004.
"I believe what you are trying to do about awareness to others is awesome. If you set your mind and heart to something you can change anything you want."
Ryan
Cincinnati, OH
August 20th, 2004.
"...what happened to your son is very tragic and it makes me extremely sad to know a fellow baseball player, who loved the game so much, died
because of aluminum bats. I along with many other poeple believe it was the bat."
Sean
August 20th, 2004.
"...would bats would help curb many of those hard line drives back at defenseless picthers."
Dillon
Idaho falls, Idaho
August 19th, 2004.
"You can equate it to steroids in a way, the bats are a performance enhancer and should be banned immediately."
Brian
Chicago
August 19th, 2004.
"I love the website and think it's a terrific idea to ban aluminum bats all together, especially for the Little Leagues and into High School ages."
Becky
Sheridan, Wyoming
July 15th, 2004.
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