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Postby Pogotheostrich » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:13 pm

I'd love to see the NCAA give this a try.
http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/ar ... 756-p.html
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Re: The unbreakable wooden bat.

Postby StlSluggers » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:31 pm

There is also no trampoline effect, Dill said. The ball does not jump off the bat.

Less HRs? Guess that settles that. :-[
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Re: The unbreakable wooden bat.

Postby Pogotheostrich » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:10 pm

StlSluggers wrote:
There is also no trampoline effect, Dill said. The ball does not jump off the bat.

Less HRs? Guess that settles that. :-[

I think that is in comparision to aluminum bats not other wooden bats.
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Re: The unbreakable wooden bat.

Postby Mugrila » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:28 am

Koeffling said the bat has less jump than an aluminum bat, but more than a conventional wooden bat.
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Re: The unbreakable wooden bat.

Postby StlSluggers » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:34 pm

I misread.

More HRs = Mandatory bat next year. :-b
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