Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in High School and College Presented by: Luke Jackson.
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Transcript of Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in High School and College Presented by: Luke Jackson.
Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in
High School and CollegePresented by: Luke Jackson
America's Pastime
Baseball has been called "America's Pastime" since Major League Baseball was founded in the early 1920s.
Metal Baseball Bats Were Created
-Advantage to hitter
-Greater exit speeds
Metal Bat Technology Increased
Wood vs. Metal
-Solid barrels
-Little trampoline effect
-Center of mass cannot be changed
-Longevity
-Metal bats are hollow barrelled
-Made of aluminum
-Trampoline effect
-Center of mass
MLB Players Use Wood Bats
-Top physical condition
-Player strength
-Would cause injury
High School Players
-Increased playing level
-Training year round
-Bryce Harper
BESR
Ball
Exit
Speed
Ratio
Ratio of the speed of the pitch to the speed of the ball off the bat.
-The NCAA issued this certification in 2006
-It was an effort to make the game safer
Did not help increase safety
BBCOR
Batted
Ball
Coefficient
Of
Restitution
-Gauges how much energy is lost in the ball-bat collision
-Limits to .50
-Slightly higher than wood
BBCOR bats are breaking in
-Tested new bats
-Effects of use
-Increased trampoline effect
-Performed like old bats
Examples
Demarini CF4 Marucci Cat 5
Solution
-Switch back to wood bats
-Increases safety