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City Council overrides veto, bans metal bats in NYC (Knee-Jerk Alert!)
ESPN.com ^ | 04/23/07 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/23/2007 1:44:34 PM PDT by RedCell

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To: #1CTYankee
As I recall when playing Little League I swung a 30 oz. bat, My son is 10 and I find him swinging an aluminum bat of comparable size that weighs 19 oz. You can get a lot more bat speed with 11 less ounces.

Adding a lead core could solve that "problem".

21 posted on 04/23/2007 2:41:49 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: RedCell

They’re all INSANE!!!!

I remember the screaming and yelling when wooden bats were replaced by metal bats,,,,, BECAUSE: wooden bats broke, and half the bat would fly down the field or baseline or hit a fan or, or, blah blah blah

Now metal bats are no good because they hit too hard? Well, the reason metal bats always sucked was because they didn’t hit hard enough.

IOW: Hey morons, use your liberal riddled skull stuffers and chose a bat, because baseball ain’t going away!


22 posted on 04/23/2007 2:50:57 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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To: ApplegateRanch
"Adding a lead core could solve that "problem".

The reason these bats are so popular is because you can get a much lighter bat by using metal, if not for this advantage people probably wouldn't buy them, the wooden bats are much cheaper.

As far as breaking no they don't (Like wood) but they do dent which makes then just as useless at that point.

23 posted on 04/23/2007 2:59:33 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: dfwgator
I think they had wood bats.

Come out and plaaaaaay.

24 posted on 04/23/2007 3:01:21 PM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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To: RedCell

I don’t think metal bats should be allowed by RULES (as opposed to law) anywhere. Metal bats make the most unnatural sound known to man. I know in my heart that its the very same sound heard 24/7 in hell.


25 posted on 04/23/2007 4:28:09 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: RedCell

They must not have ever played a game of baseball, or had a child play. Unbelievable!


26 posted on 04/23/2007 8:12:22 PM PDT by jch10
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To: RedCell

Baseball bats should be made of wood. Period. The End.

I could care less about the safety aspects of either, but it ain’t baseball if you’re using an aluminum bat.


27 posted on 04/24/2007 11:28:39 AM PDT by Quick1 (There is no Theory of Evolution. Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.)
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