2006-12-25 06:01:21 · 16 answers · asked by Ellie C 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
aluminum. I don't remember why but there was a recent study
I saw on cbs news
2006-12-25 06:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by JEREMY D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A baseball would come off faster and harder from an aluminum bat than a wood bat. College baseball uses aluminum bats and the home runs are plentiful.
2006-12-25 10:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by cliff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum bats crush the ball because it is a lighter bat but a stronger metal. The bonds in aluminum don't shift or break very often, therefore projecting the ball harder and faster. Wooden bats, however, have bonds that can break easier, resulting in broken bats and bloopers etc. It is also easier, in my opinion, to bunt with a wooden bat. And the genuine crack of the wooden one is much better sounding than the metallic ring of the aluminum ones!
And one final point, aluminum bats are harder on the hands with the "recoil" after hitting the ball.
2006-12-25 07:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by omnislash7377 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum because of something called the trampoline effect. When the ball comes off an aluminum bat the bat actually flexes back similar to a trampoline. Less energy is absorbed by the bat, and exerted back into the opposite force of the ball. That's pretty much the gist of it.
2006-12-28 12:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bubba B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum
2006-12-25 19:50:39 · answer #5 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum definately comes off faster. There are several instances where in college or little league ball where very advanced aluminum bats have drove the ball so hard it fractured every bone in the pitchers face, and leaving them with serious brain injuries. It has been tried for some time to get the lower levels of baseball to go back to wood. Wood is almost only losed in profesional or semi-pro to reduce the risk of injury and not have every ball go out of the park, or kill the infielders.
2006-12-25 06:09:51 · answer #6 · answered by savestheday205 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Aluminum...it is the reason the major leagues dont allow them. They arent safe for the defensive players (especially the pitchers...many serious injuries at the college level). They also arent allowed in the minors and the NCAA is exploring alternatives. They have to consider costs, that was the reason for the switch to aluminum in the first place. Many states are also exploring alternatives to aluminum at the high school and travel league levels to protect those kids as well.
2006-12-25 06:48:12 · answer #7 · answered by viphockey4 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum. They are used in college, but not pro.
2006-12-25 06:49:20 · answer #8 · answered by jjrousseau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum of course. I might be a chick but I do know that answer.
2006-12-26 10:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by gwoodchick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would come off faster from aluminum, but travel further coming off wood(wood is solid and has a more solid sweet spot than aluminum)
2006-12-25 11:42:23 · answer #10 · answered by The answer man in Pa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋