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Wooden Baseball Bats Vs. Aluminum Baseball Bats

Posted on June 19th, 2009 by admin

Aluminum Baseball Bats vs Wooden Baseball BatsWhat advantages are there with an aluminum baseball bat? What benefits are there with a wooden bat? This is a question that most baseball players ought to look into when they are purchasing a new baseballor softball bat. In this article, the differences between the two will be described [...]

BaseBall Bats – America’s Favorite Sport

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by admin

America’s National Pastime reached its Zenith of glory by 1860s. Alexander Joy Cartwright modernized the game in 1845 to almost its present form. However, the specifications to baseball bats kept changing with each innovation and need. The innovations changed bat materials to the present aluminum alloy from the classical wooden.Although whole of baseball gear has [...]

Composite Softball Bat Rolling – is it Allowed

Posted on June 16th, 2009 by admin

As bats go, composite bats are relatively new on the market, considering wooden bats have been around for well over a hundred years. While there are a number of prohibited ways to juice baseball bats, with corking of wooden bats being one of the oldest, the fact is that not all of them are prohibited.Not [...]

Finding Consistency In College Baseball Bats

Posted on June 16th, 2009 by admin

Aluminum baseball bats are Usually preferred to wooden bats due to their light weight and high power (note: pro players are allowed to use wood bats only). Lighter bats are usually preferable to heavier bats as they allow the hitter to create sufficient speed to put some “oomph” into it (although there are restrictions about [...]

Wooden Baseball Bats – From Wood to Aluminum

Posted on June 16th, 2009 by admin

In professional baseball, metal bats are not allowed. Wooden baseball bats are standard; heavy wooden bats in fact. If a player fills a wooden bat with cork so as to decrease its weight, he would be violating the rules. Before aluminum there was always wood. There is no doubt that key advantages come into play [...]

The Correct Way to Create an Altered Bat

Posted on June 14th, 2009 by admin

If you are sick and tired of seeing your competitors getting away with using altered bats, then maybe its time that you took some action. Everyone has heard of bat corking and this was done to wooden bats in years past. However; new technologies have arrived at the table and this means that you can [...]