Its illegal. MLB bats must follow specific specifications.
I think Al Kaline used a similar bat
That should be illegal. It’s funny, but that’s should not be legal.
I can accept many things, like positioning the label of the bat in a prime position for maximum home runs, but the shape should not change.
That pic is more on the bazooka rocket, RPG end of the bat world....
And by the All-Star split, all the teams will be using them.
They took the bat design from a RPG.
I suspect that the physics are that this bat gets more leverage on the swing with more weight at the end of the bat. The bat should also break easier if the batter gets sawed off inside and up. Pitchers will adjust.
More than the bat shape is don’t throw meatball pitches right over the plate like the Brewer pitchers were doing and I’m saying this as a Red Sox fan.
Trying to do the same thing they did to football. More points means better - right? If this stay in place pitchers will basically be fodder and you’ll be hard pressed to see another dominate pitcher like Ryan, Rivera, Gossage, Gibson, Maddox, Clemens, Sale, Smoltz etc... Might as well put a machine out there and throw the ball down the middle.
I’m old school. They should have to use actual bats...I mean the little flying animals that live in caves—not these wooden clubs!
Dumbass Argument: If I grab a bat and don't do well with it because it may be too heavy, or the handle is too thick if I change to another bat and do better that has a thinner handle and is lighter did I cheat? All the bats the Yankees are using are LEGAL.
just have a rule that both teams can use any of the bats that either team brought to the game
In Major League Baseball, bats must be made from a single piece of solid wood—commonly ash, maple, or birch—with no aluminum or composite materials allowed. The bat’s total length cannot exceed 42 inches, and the diameter at its thickest part is limited to 2.61 inches. While there isn’t a strict weight requirement specified by MLB, most players consider the bat drop—the difference between the bat’s weight in ounces and its length in inches—when selecting a bat to ensure proper balance and swing mechanics. Additionally, any modifications such as corking or assembling the bat from multiple pieces of wood are strictly prohibited.
“you call that a bat, thats not a bat, we want a real bat”
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Shaped like Popeye’s forearm. Laws of physics. Amazing it took them this long to figure it out.
Much ado about nothing.
Why did you include the fake photo and not the actual one?
