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From: sparker@aero.ARPA (Steve Parker)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: About Metal Bats
Message-ID: <406@aero.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 11:17:21 EDT
Article-I.D.: aero.406
Posted: Fri Aug 30 11:17:21 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Sep-85 07:13:35 EDT
References: <191@kepler.UUCP>
Reply-To: sparker@aero.UUCP (Steve Parker)
Organization: The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA
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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?
>
>-- 
>Mojo

The main difference between wood bats and -metal- bats is power.
Metal has a tendency to give more then wood, thus providing a 
"trampoline" effect when a ball is hit.  The ball leaves the bat
with a bit more velocity, traveling farther.  The professionals don't
use -metal- because (1) Pitchers (and others infielders) could be
seriously killed by line drives, and (2) Fences would have to be moved
back, or everyone would have 30 home runs a year.  I read somewhere that
-metal- will make a ball go about 20-30 feet farther than a ball hit the same
with a wood bat.  That could be wrong, however.  Besides, -metal- bats
sound funny.


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Steve Parker