NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball will start testing bats following Tuesday's meeting of a player-management safety committee, but the sport made no decision on the contentious issue of banning maple models. Along with conducting field and laboratory tests, the

a.m. MIAMI (AP) - The Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays played what state officials touted as a carbon neutral game Tuesday night, on the eve of an annual global climate summit in South Florida. By the Marlins' calculations, more than 440 metric tons of

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NEW YORK Baseball will start testing bats following Tuesday's meeting of a player-management safety committee, but the sport made no decision on the contentious issue of banning maple models. Along with conducting field and laboratory tests, the panel

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By the Marlins' calculations, more than 440 metric tons of carbon dioxide would be emitted during the game, from people traveling to the ballpark, stadium operations and other means. The Marlins, the state and the nonprofit group carbonfund.org said the