Metal Bats vs Wood Bats Opinion

Get a L screen to protect them

 

I play in the CABL Wood Bat League here in Charlotte and in my experiences with both metals and woods I would stick with wood. I've had 2 bats break on me this season that I've had for the past 1 or 2, so I believe I've gotten my money's worth. I love hitting with aluminum, it's more fun but it is 100% more dangerous than wood is. I can hit a can of corn with wood that would have been a moonshot with aluminum - same theory applies to line drives back at anybody but most importantly the pitcher. Wood is where it started, why did the sport shy away from it? What was the real reason metal was introduced? I've had metal bats break on me (the Gen 1X and the Response) and both of those bats cost well over 250$ at the time. Yeah, I got them replaced but a wood bat can cost anywhere from 20$ to 130$, usually no more than 200$ (never seen it anyway) and some of them have warranties as well. Wood is more gratifying to me. If I hit a screamer down the line and I end up on 3rd with a triple, I feel accomplished. I feel a sense of peace with my game. I think it should all go back to wood and just end it there. One life saved, on injury prevented, whatever - makes a world of difference even if it is just one.

 

Just had a bamboo break on me last weekend...

...Right after I said "Bamboo is awesome, who can break a coated bamboo?"

Bamboo bats are very good though, lots of pop in those things.


Also, I see these bats that cost almost 400$! No possible way I would have had one of those. That's crazy. What makes that 400$ bat any better than the 100$ bat? If team A has the expensive ones and plays team B with the cheap ones, does team A have the advantage over team B? How is that fair? With wood, everybody is on an even playing field.

 

Just my opinion

my son loves hitting with a wood bat and playing in wood bat tournaments. I enjoy watching him now as he's bigger and they can actually put the ball in play with wood now. As a spectator, the game is typically slower and a bit more boring to watch. In LL, you'd rarely have a kid able to swing wood and talk about painful to watch. Lordy. I am so sorry for the pain and suffering that those parents will have to endure for the rest of their lives. No amount of money can replace their healthy son, and perhaps they deserve something to help them to financially take care of him, but ... suing the rec. ssociation? the bat company? How many of us already know the risks involved when our kids step on the field? I'm sure we've all heard these nightmare stories before, but...if you think about how many games are played, all over the country, every single day, by how many kids? Isn't there a very small percentage of those severe injuries?

And a big, fat Booooo to L-screens on the mound. Who's bright idea is that?

Talk about completely altering the game of baseball....yuck!

 

Yeah it is boring to watch, but everybody is on the same playing field.....a small percentage is still a big percentage any which way you look at it. Baseball was created using wooden bats, why did it change? I sincerely doubt that College level and below will stop using aluminum, but I really am curious to know if Team A with the Stealth and the EXO hold an advantage against the team with the Reflex's. Wooden bats make everybody on the field equal, and safer.

L-screens is just a bad idea, it's a game - not practice. Also, who cares about the spectators being bored, the game (at a non-MLB level) isn't played for the spectators so does it really matter if they're bored?

Also, if I hit .320 with wood I am doing exceptional.... .320 with aluminum is very good no doubt, but not the same. Wood gives you a sense of complete satisfaction. I was angered when I got into the league because they hit with Aluminum the year prior to me joining the team - but now, I wouldn't go back if I could.

 

Well...when you're a parent watching 12 year olds trying to hit with wood...yes..as a spectator I care! But...nevertheless...as I stated, I LOVE to watch the wood tournys. now. And there is nothing sweeter than the sound of a solidly hit ball off of a wooden bat. And you're right...if you can get those sorts of numbers with wood..then you ARE exceptional. It takes time, though.

 

You're correct, but when my dad was in little league (I'm 21, so he's not THAT old) they used wood. Why did it change?

 

I played organized baseball for 16 years and never heard of a metal bat. It seems several home runs were hit and very few broken bats. We learned real quick to keep those trademarks up and not hit against the grain which is how they get broken. As I have said before, if wood bats come back, and they were mass produced, the price would fall. As long as is didn't take gasoline to make them. It might take 10 years of environmental impact studies though.

 

Most kids have their own wood bats as well as metal ones. Even if there weren't a safety issue.....wood bats just create better baseball. If you truly love the game, then you know what I mean.

 

So True

I know exactly what you mean and you are absolutely correct.