The best baseball bats are made from White ash. Emerald ash borers love to eat, and therefore kill, White ash. In a recent article by Men's Journal, the connection between the threat of moving firewood, and the death of the finest baseball bat material tree in the United States, was made clear.
"... anywhere in the country you are looking at an ash tree, those will be gone,” possibly within 30 years (said Frank Lowenstein). To try to quarantine the insect, the Department of Agriculture is urging people to burn firewood only near its origin.
Of course, we could just import ash wood from China. But that is sad. Shouldn't America's pasttime be using our own trees for our own sport? What is next, importing apple pies?
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