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by Dave
Monday, February 25, 2008

Dear New Jersey PONY Baseball and Softball Volunteer:

I recently emailed you with an alert to a very serious situation involving PONY Baseball and Softball in New Jersey and we need your help now more than ever.   Right now there is legislation pending in the New Jersey legislature that would ban all non-wood bats from being used in all PONY Baseball games throughout the state.

At PONY Baseball and Softball, nothing is more important to us than child safety and I can report to you that a ban on non-wood bats is not necessary.   It will harm our game and make it less enjoyable for the millions of children who safely play the game today.

Unfortunately this ban is also going to cost a lot of money to youth baseball programs.   Money that could be spent for items like coaching education, facility enhancement and new equipment, will now go to fund the cost of re-supplying broken wood bats for a game that is already considered safe.   In addition to the higher costs, we know that wood bats could break, shatter and splinter, which introduces other risks to the game.

As you may know, PONY Baseball and Softball has joined a coalition of parents, coaches and manufacturers to oppose this unnecessary ban and now we need your help.   Some of you have enthusiastically joined our coalition and I am grateful for that.   But today I’m asking you to do two things:

1. Our coalition, "Don't Take My Bat Away" – www.DTMBA.com – has been working for months to stop the politicians from banning non-wood bats.   If you haven’t already joined, I urge you to do so today.   If you have joined our coalition, I respectfully ask that you forward this email to three friends and ask them to sign-up.

2. In the coming weeks and months you will receive emails from Phillip Stutts and others in the DTMBA coalition.   He will be asking you to make a phone call, write a letter or send an email to your local state legislator - to stop the bat ban here in New Jersey.

Please don't sit by while baseball's future is dictated by politicians.   Your involvement will make a huge difference for the future of baseball.   Time is running out for us to stand up to the bat ban.   Surely the politicians have more important issues to work on than whether the safe use of non-wood bats should be banned. I hope we can count on your support today.
Protect Our Nation’s Youth,
Abraham KeyPresident and CEOPONY Baseball and Softball

P.S. There is a very real chance we could see a non-wood bat ban in New Jersey soon.   Please consider logging onto the Don't Take My Bat Away Coalition's webpage (www.DTMBA.com) and join PONY Baseball and Softball, Babe Ruth Baseball, Little League, American Softball Association, American Legion Baseball, American Baseball Coaches Association, National Council of Youth Sports, the National High School Baseball Coaches Association, and many other groups that have studied this issue - so we can work together to fight a potential ban.

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