Posted on 04/02/2025 2:25:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Asking for a friend.
(The original Torpedo Bats)
“...the reduction of mass between the sweet spot and the end of the bat will result in less energy applied to the ball when hit in that area...”
You are so right. The design was to make the sweet spot of the bat concentrated with harder wood and a more whip like action if the ball was struck at that point. But they gave up the end of the bat “dying quails” as the lack of wood at the end doesn’t support hitting a ball with enough force to carry it to the outfield and drop in. And there have been some bats that have shattered at the end without the wood compression. So if they hit it “on the screws,” it will fly faster and farther. But miss the spot, and the bat takes away hits.
Another thing I haven’t seen is someone warning of the shot back through the middle. This problem was equated with using metal bats and MLB refusal. If one came back through the middle the pitcher could be severely injured if not killed. Same problem. Hope that doesn’t happen for the purposes of putting butts in the seats with the long ball.
wy69
The Orlando Cepeda bat. Didn’t help me.
Another model I remember was the Nelson Fox version.
It had the thickest handle of any bat I ever held.
And “No matter what, you Always know when you have a Hiney in your hands!”.
Batters gain more by increasing the speed of their swing than they can by increasing the weight of the bat.
https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/bats/batw8.html
https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2019/05/debunking-bat-speed-myths/
The 1958 World Series, bases loaded, bottom of the 9th and the Wilmington Wildcats were down 5-2.
Joe Biden strode to the plate brandishing a 60 oz. bat he carved himself from a lightning-struck tree. He called it “Corn Pop.”
He pointed it at the flagpole on the left field wall.
Well, he hit that first pitch so hard that the ball disintegrated. The umpires unanimously agreed it was a grand slam, winning the game, and the series.
True story man.
None of this means anything if the bats are afraid. Offer some rum to Jobu and he remove fear from the bats.
If the opinion rendered in the video was correct, you could achieve the same objective by choking up on the bat.
Man, you’re old, but I’ve got a question. Where on the bat did they put the unibrow?
Pitchers are going to come in on hitters hands or shave the outside corner.
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