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Killer Bats? The debate over wood vs. aluminum
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| July 31, 2007
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Posted on 07/30/2007 9:06:00 PM PDT by gpapa
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To: mbraynard
But whats cooler than breaking a bat off of a fastball? Really. Especially a cutter. It's where Mariano Rivera makes his living.
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posted on
07/30/2007 9:57:34 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: gpapa
not much is better than the sound of a wooden bat, except maybe a chaingun, helicopter or a light bulb breaking, but nothing is worse than an aluminium bat “ping,” except for an alarm clock in the morning.
To: Grizzled Bear
Then you would love my idea for hockey. Edged Weapons! You mean *other* than my "kicking-with-the-skate-blades" rule?
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:10:55 PM PDT
by
Triggerhippie
(Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
To: Nathan Zachary
If fields were covered with foam matting, bats ere made of stiff foam, and the balls were NERF balls, nobody would get hurt, and everyone would have fun, IF nobody kept score and every one went home a winner.To paraphrase Jocelyn Elders, "We need safer balls."
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:15:25 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Triggerhippie
Baseball is boring when you don’t know anything about it.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:33:32 PM PDT
by
jwh_Denver
(Ok, it's time for the Republicans to start ripping themselves apart.)
To: dfwgator
To paraphrase Jocelyn Elders, "We need safer balls." Using a lower-bounce-coefficient ball would offset a higher-bounce-coefficient bat; if the ball and bat were well matched, I would think the combination might be playable. While it should be possible to bat a ball about as far as with a normal ball and bat, the reduced bounce coefficient of the ball should reduce the likelihood of injury should it hit someone.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:33:57 PM PDT
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: dfwgator
To paraphrase Jocelyn Elders, "We need safer balls." That's easy. Get married, they'll never be used again...
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posted on
07/31/2007 12:44:52 AM PDT
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Tagline: Kinda like a chorus line but without the legs)
To: PugetSoundSoldier
...except for scratchin’...ain’t that the truth...
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posted on
07/31/2007 2:54:12 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: Tainan
their usually kept in my wife’s purse till game time.
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posted on
07/31/2007 3:08:26 AM PDT
by
philo
To: gpapa; PUGACHEV; supercat
Yea Aluminum bats are more dangerous but my experience shows that it is because of the weight advantage they have over the wood counterparts. The ability to catch up to a 90 mile and hour fastball is much more likely with a 25 oz bat than a 34 oz one.
Changing the bat weights is the real solution rather than the composition itself.
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posted on
07/31/2007 5:13:29 AM PDT
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: gpapa
Aluminum bats are part of the islamofascist/communist plot to undermine the American culture. They should be banned.
As proof, it says in the Koran or Quran or whatever the current spelling is that “The infidel shall be spared the mild willow to endure the avenging metal.”
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posted on
07/31/2007 5:42:58 AM PDT
by
oldbill
To: gpapa
BATS GOT RIGHTS! - Peta.
Couldn’t resist.
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posted on
07/31/2007 7:57:04 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
To: Mr. Mojo
(And that would kind of defeat the purpose of going metal saving money.)
Have you looked at the price of an aluminum bat lately?
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:08:46 AM PDT
by
Ed Condon
(Wanted, newer tag line in good condition.)
To: jwh_Denver
I second that opinion.Col Sanders
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:16:51 AM PDT
by
Col Sanders
(I ought to tear your no-good Goddang preambulatory bone frame, and nail it to your government walls)
To: gpapa
Organized baseball has existed since before the Civil War, and I’ll bet there’ve been less than 10 people killed as a result of on-field happenings. I can only think of three myself. What a bunch of wussies there are in this country.
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:24:51 AM PDT
by
ravensandricks
(Jesus rides beside me. He never buys any smokes.)
To: gpapa
Forget the dangers, it’s a hard projectile game and there’s no way to eliminate. The reality is the poing of a hit with an aluminum bat simply has no place in the game, the only real bats are wooden, a hit needs to smack not poing.
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:33:30 AM PDT
by
discostu
(indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
To: razorback-bert
Ah yes, that is correct. Did something to an artery, crushed or some such thing... Awful.
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posted on
07/31/2007 11:24:12 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(If you can remain calm, you just don't have all the facts.)
To: jwh_Denver
Baseball is boring when you dont know anything about it. Don't get me wrong, baseball is not as boring as golf (old men wandering in a field), NASCAR (driving in circles), or curling (the odd combination of shuffleboard and housework *on ICE*!!!).
Baseball was boring to play as a kid (Especially here in FL where Football is king.) and as an adult I've found it to be the cure for insomnia.
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posted on
07/31/2007 6:05:21 PM PDT
by
Triggerhippie
(Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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