Wood bats VS. Aluminum

[xpress34]

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WAIT.......I mean it was an ALUMINUM bat that splintered!!!

Squeeze -

Thank you for adding more MLB knowledge to my brain... I don't think I've even heard that about Steve Yeager...

- Chris

[frikativ54]

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This thread would have a good discussion topic had someone not ruined it with their nonsense

I do believe a banning is in order

Of whom? I didn't ruin anything. I merely would like for the sexism to stop and for Vintage Deputy and frazn however you spell it to spot baiting me...

[frikativ54]

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Of whom? I didn't ruin anything. I merely would like for the sexism to stop and for Vintage Deputy and frazn however you spell it to spot baiting me...

that should say "stop"

[chakes89]

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Don't you just love the "No Edit" feature

I feel like an idiot when I leave out a word or mis-spell something

[xpress34]

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That expansion is what adds the extra velocity to the ball when it comes off the bat - particularly a softball.

Sorry all... that should have read "particularly a baseball".

Just wanted to clarify...

- Chris

[Sluggo]

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Enough with the genetics and WNBA references...

What's the earliest reference anyone remembers wrt aluminum vs. wood bats? I'd say 1989.

I remember a story probably around '89 or '90 involving then-Pittsburgh Pirate Bobby Bonilla playing some IF during batting practice. RJ Reynolds grabbed an aluminum bat and hit a few pitches for the heck of it. Reynolds sent a lazer Bonilla's way, Bonilla tried to field it, and the liner BUSTED THE WEBBING out of Bobby's glove!!

[chakes89]

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Of whom? I didn't ruin anything. I merely would like for the sexism to stop and for Vintage Deputy and frazn however you spell it to spot baiting me...

What sexism?

Softball and Baseball are 2 completely different things and there is a reason that guys play one and girls play the other

In my opinion, If you can do something drunk it's not a sport (Softball)

AND I have known/know many females that play softball in high school and college and I respect them as athletes (A few of them can throw harded than I ever could ) but to say that softball and baseball are on the same level is insanity

[chakes89]

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What sexism?

Softball and Baseball are 2 completely different things and there is a reason that guys play one and girls play the other

In my opinion, If you can do something drunk it's not a sport (Softball)

AND I have known/know many females that play softball in high school and college and I respect them as athletes (A few of them can throw harder than I ever could ) but to say that softball and baseball are on the same level is insanity

DAMN IT!

Edit for another freaking typo

NO EDIT is pissing me off

[xpress34]

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AND I have known/know many females that play softball in high school and college and I respect them as athletes (A few of them can throw harded than I ever could ) but to say that softball and baseball are on the same level is insanity

You ever see Jennie Finch throw???

They had her on an episode of Sports Science to test the impact of a MLB fastball (I don't remember the pitcher - I was looking at Jennie) versus Jennie's fast pitch.

The MLB guy recorded pretty astounding numbers on the pressure plate.

But Jennie - not to be outdone - SHATTERED the Pressure Plate on her 1st Pitch!!!

There's some MLB pitchers I'd rather face than her!!!

- Chris

[Sluggo]

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Please? For the love of Pete?

[chakes89]

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You ever see Jennie Finch throw???

They had her on an episode of Sports Science to test the impact of a MLB fastball (I don't remember the pitcher - I was looking at Jennie) versus Jennie's fast pitch.

The MLB guy recorded pretty astounding numbers on the pressure plate.

But Jennie - not to be outdone - SHATTERED the Pressure Plate on her 1st Pitch!!!

There's some MLB pitchers I'd rather face than her!!!

- Chris

Unless she was throwing from 60 feet 6 inches she is throwing harder from a much shorter distance and a softball is much harder and a lot bigger than a baseball

[frikativ54]

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What sexism?

Softball and Baseball are 2 completely different things and there is a reason that guys play one and girls play the other

In my opinion, If you can do something drunk it's not a sport (Softball)

AND I have known/know many females that play softball in high school and college and I respect them as athletes (A few of them can throw harded than I ever could ) but to say that softball and baseball are on the same level is insanity

Can you just cut the sexism already? You are making blatantly sexist statements, and I would appreciate if you would just stop. Women have been treated as second-class citizens for far too long in this country. Only 100 years ago, women couldn't even vote.

You don't see sexism because you are a member of the privileged, unmarked sex. It's not there for you - but if you grew up knowing that no matter what you achieve, it was not enough - you could never play baseball, you would be relegated to softball or if you were great at basketball, the WNBA not the NBA - because you couldn't be as good, then you would feel just like I do.

It's like the Major Leagues vs. the Negro Leagues
Major Leagues = unmarked
Negro Leagues = marked

NBA = unmarked
WNBA = marked for inferior women

[frikativ54]

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Unless she was throwing from 60 feet 6 inches she is throwing harder from a much shorter distance and a softball is much harder and a lot bigger than a baseball

But softballs tend to straighten out as they reach homeplate, so they are easier to hit, from what I hear.

[xpress34]

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Unless she was throwing from 60 feet 6 inches she is throwing harder from a much shorter distance and a softball is much harder and a lot bigger than a baseball

Chakes -

I'll give you she was throwing at a shorter distance - like 55' or something - whatever the fast pitch distance is - and yes, she had more velocity - and yes a softball is bigger than a baseball... but harder??? Not quite. Softballs are not wound with the same density as a baseball. I'll take getting hit by a softball over a baseball all day long...

But I digress - we're getting way off the topic here now...

- Chris

[Capital-Sports]

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Not sure how this topic came onto an issue about "sexist" but one thing I know...... WOOD over aluminum.....END OF STORY!