Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!mupmalis From: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: About Metal Bats Message-ID: <8539@watarts.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 20:30:38 EDT Article-I.D.: watarts.8539 Posted: Thu Aug 29 20:30:38 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Aug-85 04:42:53 EDT References: <191@kepler.UUCP> Reply-To: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 20 Summary: In article <191@kepler.UUCP> mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones) writes: >Are there any differences between metal bats and wooden bats other than: > (a) they don't break (more hits on jammed swings?) > (b) they sound funny? They also tend to make the ball go further. The new product in metal bat technology is one called the Tidal Wave. The bat which is hollow has water in it, not enough to fill it, but the batting motion starts the water from the handle and moves it to the other end of the bat just in time for a round tripper. The weight displacment allows for quicker accerleration and shorter movement time and more reaction time to decide to not swing the bat. As the Brontes predicted Heathcliff (Johnson) has returned. -- Mike Upmalis (mupmalis@watarts) ihnp4!watmath!watarts!mupmalis