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To: TexasCajun
Easton used the old “deforestation” argument, too. In practical terms wooden bats don’t lend themselves to “next generation” or “follow on” marketing strategies. Aluminum bats do.

As an aside, I can’t tell you how many fisted out singles I’ve seen come off of aluminum bats especially in college. Fisting a batter who’s holding a wooden bat typically results in a broken bat out. Thus, college offensive statistics are often referred to in terms of wood or aluminum era stats by baseball aficionado's.

81 posted on 02/27/2008 12:46:14 PM PST by Eurale
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To: Eurale
Fisting a batter...

I don't know what school/league you played for, but our league/school didn't allow that type of behavior! :)

Seriously, I hit a coach with a line-drive before with aluminim bat and it split the web in between two of his pitching fingers. ...scared me to death, I was 15 or so.

83 posted on 02/27/2008 12:58:06 PM PST by TexasCajun
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