Statistics compiled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission1 indicate that there were 88 baseball-related deaths to children in this age group between 1973 and 1995, an average of about 4 per year. This average has not changed since 1973. Of these, 43% were from direct-ball impact with the chest (commotio cordis);
His point for this is to avoid having to fight at all costs because you can never control that random element.
Families??? I think about that poor 11 year old girl who will have her life marked forever by something that happens daily and involves the great majority of kids.