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Product name Baseball and Soccer Training Sets
Description The following baseball training products - Batting Tee with Return Ball Trainer (Model #1595), Return Ball Trainer (Model #1597), and Complete Teeball Set (Model #1598) consist, in part, of a 3 inch rubber baseball labeled: “FRANKLIN POWER HIT RETURN BALL 1358 TAIWAN.” The baseball is connected to an elastic string and was accompanied by an 8 ½ inch metal ground stake. The soccer training set - Return Kick Soccer Skill Trainer (Model #1758) included a soccer ball net connected to an elastic string accompanied by a 10 ½ inch metal ground spike, but no soccer ball. 
Problem The Baseball and Soccer Trainer sets each used either a metal stake or a metal spike to anchor the product to the ground. These metal stakes or spikes may pose a risk of injury if improperly used. 
Distribution  
Company Franklin Sports Industries, Inc./Stake Recall, 17 Campanelli Parkway, Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072 
Dates sold  
Date posted 01/04/2002 
 

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