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COUNCIL OUT TO BAN METAL BATS

A City Council committee is expected today to approve a bill banning metal bats from high-school baseball. The full council is expected to ratify it on Wednesday.

“Metal bats pose a risk to student athletes,” said Councilman James Oddo (R-S.I.).

Mayor Bloomberg opposes the ban, saying studies have not found metal bats more dangerous than wooden ones.