I can't imagine it's just old bats, because I'm sure they use new bats most of the time. Does it have to do with the way a batter is holding the bat or what type of pitch it was?
2006-07-11 15:52:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
It has to do with how the pitch hits the bat. If you watch closely, you'll see that bats usually break along the grain of the wood. It's simply a matter of the ball hitting the bat hard enough and at a place that causes a crack along the grain. Keep in mind that a baseball thrown in the majors can be moving up to 95 mph - concentrated in the fraction of a square inch that makes contact with the bat and you have a lot of force working on that bat.
2006-07-11 16:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
a 100 mph baseball fighting through a 75-85 mph swing u do the math most broken bats r on fastballs and curves reason being a batter swings at something that looks like a fastball and at the last second it curves landing on a weak spot of the bat
2006-07-11 23:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you hit the ball with the bat on thelaminated edge, that can cause enough stress to break the bat.
Hitting it too low on the bat (the narrow portion) can have the same effect.
2006-07-11 22:56:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
inside pitches. especially cutters or sliders moving in on hitter hands. the thinner the spot where the bat the more likely.
2006-07-11 23:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pitch is thrown very hard/fast and hits the bat at a thinner point
2006-07-11 22:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by kalrissian23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but it used to annoy the **** out of me. I would hit someone's skull a certain way and the stupid bat would splinter in my hands. I switched to metal and it solved the problem.
2006-07-11 23:00:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its inside pitches or hits on the thin part of hte bat
2006-07-11 22:56:03 · answer #7 · answered by moral TERPitude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the way it hits the bat, how it is being held (whether the grain faces the ball or is away from the ball) and how hard they collide are all factors...
2006-07-11 22:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by evalmonk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its based on where the ball hits the bat and how much momentum the ball has
2006-07-11 22:56:42 · answer #9 · answered by jeff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much cork in sammy sosa's bat
2006-07-11 22:57:41 · answer #10 · answered by Isles1015 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋