Major League Baseball’s new ban on low-density maple bats excludes currently active MLB players.
The message, we guess, is that bat safety is of paramount importance – for rookies.
Little League International has announced bat specs and standards for the 2012 season – check it out here.
Although the ban on composite-barreled bats remains in effect, some composite-barreled bats have received waivers based on the Bat Performance Factor and the Accelerated Break-In process.
For your ease of use, here’s the list of approved composite-barreled bats for the Little League Majors Division in 2012.
In the quest to make bats better, stronger and safer, leave it to the Wood Scientist to lead the way.
This one places among our favorites in the pantheon of great job titles. We hope it’s on his business card.
What’s going on with Nike bats? College baseball teams contracted to use Nike bats can now choose to use other bats if they wish. Is this due to performance problems?
We can’t speak from first-hand experience: we haven’t used Nike bats yet, though we’ve been meaning to try them out. Have you used Nike bats? Get on the forum and tell us what you think.
It’s only fitting that Louisville’s own Muhammad Ali be honored with a commemorative bat made by Louisville Slugger.
Check out this tribute to the boxing great. A nice collectible!
One thing may be standing in the way of the resurgence of wood baseball bats: a wood boring beetle that’s devouring ash forests in New York state.
But the USDA has a plan to combat this ash-eating invader – they are fighting bugs with bugs.
Unless we get this beetle under control, maybe we’ll all be switching to aluminum bats!
Here’s an interesting take on making bats stronger and more durable: put them in a deep freeze.
This innovative approach has yielded bats that are about 26% stronger than untreated bats, according to proponents.
Seems like one way of getting a hot bat is to give it the big chill. What do you think?
We’ve been hearing the drum beats of change these past few years as the game of baseball has gone back to basics with its embrace of wood bats.
In the name of safety or fairness or the purity of the game, the result is the same: here’s an interesting article on some of the ways that wood bats are changing the way we play the game.
We’d love to hear what you think about what the trend towards wood bats means for the players and the game.
In a continuing movement across the country, we’re hearing less “ping” and more “crack” around our local baseball fields.
Wood continues to supplant aluminum as more leagues switch from space-age composites to good old-fashioned wood bats. Scores may be down, but the spirit of baseball is on the rise.
There’s a lot of talk about wood bats on our forum.
Check it out!
You know that sound. The awful, wrong crack that rips through the air.
The sound of a broken bat. It can break your heart (and your wallet, if you’re paying for these things).
All of which makes it hard to read about this guy doing what he does.
We maintain that the only good broken bat is one that breaks in the service of a hit – or a home run!
