[Tallguy]

The move to aluminum was partly driven by a shortage of ashe, the primary wood of baseball bats in years past. There is a Pennsylvania-based company that has been making bats from maple for a number of years. They have caught on at every level in which wooden bats are still used.

All that said, it is possible to make an aluminum bat a little less ‘lively’ so that it more closely mimics a wooden bat. This has already been done.

I suspect any time there’s a hotshot up the middle that nails a pitch, and an aluminum bat was used, you’re going to get a replay of this story.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

"There is a Pennsylvania-based company that has been making bats from maple for a number of years."

But, are they made from the tree that was struck by the lightning bolt that killed Roy's paw?