Maple Bats

[Mott the Hoople]

Holy shit $500 for a bat? I'm in the wrong business. I could make those in my garage. All you need is a thickness planer, a press and a lathe.

Their carbon fiber composites.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Or for safety reasons. Why does the ASA have limits on bats? Is it to make it more difficult to hit the ball. Nope, it is primarily for safety reasons.

I played in a league out in Cali that only allowed single walled bats and would not let me use my ASA bat. It had nothing to do with making it harder on the hitter. It was because there were a large number of elderly players and they were concerned about safety.

You are wrong that safety is not a legitimate issue.

I didn't say that safety wasn't a legitimate issue. I said that arguments against using composite bats don't hold water. You can always regulate them so that their construction cannot exceed a BESR of 0.728. Problem solved.

 

[DamnYankee]

Their carbon fiber composites.

Oh.

A lot has changed since we used to use a broken hockey stick and a tennis ball with no bounce left in it.