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Originally Posted by Eastshire
If you want to do away with metal bats because the perform better, more power to you. But that is not the reason being given. The reason being given is that metal is more dangerous than wood and there is no statistical proof. In fact, metal bats are designed to be as safe as wood bats.
Further, the government should not be involved in deciding what kind of equipment is used to play a game. The decision should be made by the sport's own governing body.
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What causes a batter to hit with greater power? The bat speed through the hitting zone... metal bats designed to increase this factor are generating greater power. I assume that "power" is actually the energy the ball would transfer on impact (force) which is mass x velocity. Since the mass is static, it stands to reason that the velocity of the batted ball is greater. If the velocity is greater, F
x has less time to react to the batted ball and stands at greater risk of being hit.