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Old Sun Jul 23, 2006, 09:50pm
briancurtin briancurtin is offline
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
I think (my opinion only) that while the maximum speed might be (approximately) the same, the area on the bat that can produce that speed is much larger on an aluminum bat than on the wood bat. So, more balls come off the bat at / near the maximum speed on an aluminum bat, and there are more balls that cause / nearly cause severe injuries.
i totally agree with this. with an aluminum bat, nearly half of the bat is the sweet spot on a lot of models, producing that maximum speed much more often.
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