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Originally posted by oreillywv
A new bat design is on the market, called MetalWood. See http://www.metalwood.com It has an aluminum handle and a wood head.
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metalwood bats are terrible. i've used them and the only thing they are useful for is batting practice so you can save your good bats for the game. i think all baseball above little league should go real wood...not metalwood. that metal wood bat is seriously garbage. i know it would be safer than the current metal bats but just make it a blunt transition so they know the seriousness and go straight to wood.
kids swinging a 33"/30 oz. aluminum would have no problem with a 32" wood bat for a little bit then they can step back to a 33" after a dozen times of BP. they will notice that they arent hitting 5,000 MPH shots back at the pitcher, and they will notice that it makes for a better game.
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The high school mound-plate distance needs to be increased to the college specs.
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HS is already at 60'6" mound distance and 90' bases, so unless they want to go farther than the MLB does i dont see any changes on the way. college is also 60/90 and they arent going anywhere. the only solution is the bats, and make em go straight to wood.
[Edited by brian43 on Jul 28th, 2003 at 10:43 AM]