FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 1999
Release # 99-113
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Company Phone Number: (636) 349-3500
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Yolanda Fultz-Morris, (301) 504-7066
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CPSC, Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. Inc. Announce Recall of Softball Bats
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. Inc., of St. Louis, Mo.,
is voluntarily recalling about 45,000 slow-pitch softball bats. The tops
of the bats can shear off during use, posing an injury hazard to batters
and bystanders.
CPSC and Rawlings have received 16 reports of the top of the bats
shearing off. No injuries have been reported.
The bats subject to this recall are Rawlings slow-pitch aluminum
softball bats with model numbers SBZ2, SBZ3, SBZ4, SBB3, SBB4, SBB5,
SBB6, SBB7, SPT-PK2, and DUAL-E. "Rawlings" and the model numbers can be
found on the barrel of each bat. The bats are adult sized, and come in
various colors.
Major retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart, and
sporting goods stores nationwide sold the bats from September 1997
through May 1999 for between $40 and $200.
Consumers should stop using the recalled bats immediately and call
Rawlings at (636) 349-3500 between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. CDT Monday through
Friday for instructions on returning the bats for a refund. Consumers
also can write to Rawlings at P.O. Box 22000, St. Louis, Mo., 63126.
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