Batting Tee Game Recalled By Rawlings Sporting Goods
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
FEBRUARY 6, 1992
(301) 504-7908
Release # 92-052
Batting Tee Game Recalled By Rawlings Sporting Goods
WASHINGTON, DC -- Rawlings Sporting Goods Company of St.
Louis, MO in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) is voluntarily recalling a children's sports
toy called the "Batting Tee."
The Batting Tee is a practice batting stand marketed for
children and has a tethered ball anchored to the ground by a
metal stake. The stake may pull out of the ground and strike the
head or body of the players.
These types of staked balls used as part of batting tee
games for children have been involved in three injuries reported
to CPSC by consumers. One incident involved a child who suffered
a skull fracture from the metal stake of an earlier recalled
batting tee, not a Rawlings tee.
Approximately 16,000 Rawlings batting tee games, Model
number TBK-2, have been sold by retail stores nationwide from
1987 to the present. Consumers can identify the toys by the
Rawlings name imprinted in red on the white plastic home plate
stand included in the game.
Rawlings asks consumers to stop using the batting tee and
return the metal-staked ball, cord, and tee to the retailer where
purchased for a free, redesigned batting tee game. If consumers
have questions about the recall, they may call Rawlings Sporting
Goods at 1-800-367-3455.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing
this recall as part of its mission to protect the public from
unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer
products. The Commission's objective is to reduce the estimated
28.5 million injuries and 21,600 deaths associated each year with
the 15,000 different types of consumer products under CPSC's
jurisdiction.