Metal Bats vs Wood Bats Opinion

Wiffle balls? I could see a dramastic drop in slugging percentage.

I dont see how changing the ball would do to much to change the game unless you make it soft like tee ball kind of changes. Making the ball heavier would only increase arm problems among pitcher and making it lighter will only increase the speed of the ball which will turn into increased speed off the bat.

If you have another reason and everything I would actually enjoy reading and trying to implement it if the reason is plausible.

 

Sorry will not work. Mine has splits a couple dozen hit with the metal bat. Players would have to protect the eyes.

 

Tennis balls or foam balls?

 

We can put a rover on Mars, check our email with a cell phone, even clone an animal, but we can't create a baseball with less exit speed. Amazing!

 

Foam balls are my choice.

Like I stated and this is my opinion but taking away or adding to a baseball can do more damage than a regular baseball does now. I am not sure what ype of baseball you would like to use and i'm honestly not trying to be a dick or anything but I would really like to know.

 

Jman is right. Just change to ball (core, etc.) to reduce exit speed. Oh no. That would hurt the bat companies from making millions of dollars with the next greatest bat. Can't do that.

 

Just ask your big time softball players about the difference in balls (Blue dot, Hot dot, etc.). The weight, size, feel, etc. does NOT change. Only the core which effects the exit speed needs to be changed.

 

I would love to be in their shoes because the consumer will pay about any price to make sure lil Johnny has the best bat, even if it don't get used. Supply and Demand and the greater the demand the more supply and they have to get money from somebody to keep making overpriced bats, and for that they have good ole parents there to make sure lil Johnny has the best bat on the team.

 

Would reducing exit speed reduce in slugging % which could turn away fans because everybody at the game loves to see the HR ball? I'm not even sure of the answer and looking for one because I have no clue whether it would or not.

 

Did anyone notice in the original article that the kid who hit the ball was swinging a 31 ounce bat? That is way too big for a 12 year old to use when the pitcher is 45 feet away. This kid was using a high school sized bat with a bigger barrell than the typical -10, -12 bats little leaguers need to use. While some kids at 12 may be strong enough to swing the larger bat, that IMHO creates the safety issue that caused this injury.

I know this adds nothing to the discussion regarding safety at the high school or college level but certainly had a part in the injury to the NJ kid.

I think that wood causes it's own problems in that it is too heavy for alot of kids and when they taper the handles and dig out the ends to make it lighter, the shatter factor will possibly be a danger as well.

The only answer is to limit the besr ratio on bats, especially for leagues who throw from 45'.