Provides interested baseball/softball parties with new recommendations,guidelines, and suggestions on how baseball and softball programs, equipment, and facilities can be made safer. Whether you are concerned with the scientific intricacies of bat and ball research or how to best manage baseball/softball programs, this publication offers the most diverse collection of baseball/softball safety related data and information available.

10 comprehensive, peer-reviewed papers from a wide range of experts cover state of the art products, materials, technology, epidemiology and program operations critical to baseball and softball. Specific topics addressed include:

• The physics of baseball/softball equipment

• The latest advances in protective equipment

• Innovative baseball/softball field design

• Improved operations and maintenance systems

• Spectator safety management

• The causes of baseball/softball injuries.