I don't understand the logic since it deceives the hitters average and wood bats are used in the minor and major leagues.
2006-07-27 14:24:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
The above answers are correct. However there is growing sentiment to change this. This is all detailed in a front page feature story in the Sunday, July 9 (or possibly 2nd or 16th - I'm not sure) edition of the New York Times. Sports Section.
Aluminum bats have a spring-like quality to them which is increasingly causing injuries to defensive players (predominantly pitchers).
I think eventually there will be a return to wood because of:
1. The injuries.
2. Paying for the injuries will cost more (per bat) than wood.
3. Professional baseball will eventually contribute to the costs.
2006-07-27 14:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by billhill1066 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is now a tradition. The action from the aluminum or composite bats allows more offense in the games. I have umpired some college wood bat tournies. Those are much more fun to work. Lots more defensive action. Batters seem to swing more freely, and put the ball in play rather than looking for the long shot.
Price is not the factor. Wooden bats can be bought for around $100.00 for a case of 6. One Louisville Slugger CB71X sells for about $350.00!
Every year there is talk of NCAA going to wood, but I doubt it will ever happen. To much to change.
2006-07-27 21:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by br549 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also don't forget --- the manufacturers of aluminum bats spend an awful lot of money lobbying the NCAA. Some of these bats sell for over $300 a piece, and the D1 schools line up to buy them to remain competitive.
If you ever want to see the difference it has on the players, go to a wooden bat tourny and watch batting averages and HR totals fall through the floor.
2006-07-28 00:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jon T. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they still use aluminum bats in college. The cost of wood bats would be too expensive from a college team for a sport that only takes in hundreds of millions each year.
2006-07-27 21:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
College teams use aluminum bats because it would too expensive for them to use wooden bats that get broken and need to be replaced.
2006-07-27 21:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by bulladawudz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because university athletic departments don't have large enough budgets to purchase new wooden bats every time a player breaks his bat.
2006-07-27 21:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by leecrook 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. and for cost reasons.. college baseball, as a rule, is not a money making, but money taking sport..
2006-07-27 21:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by thorfin39 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use aluminum because it's not the MLB.
2006-07-27 23:44:59 · answer #8 · answered by EJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES TO SAVE MONEY
2006-07-27 22:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question wondered it myself
2006-07-28 01:52:45 · answer #10 · answered by CubsFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋