should MLB use aluminum bats?

Answer 1

until they fix the steroid problem, it does not matter if they use gold bats.

Answer 2

The length of HRs would go up naturally, but I think the more interesting thing would be the actual number of HRs. Bat speed would be so much greater since the aluminum bats are so much lighter. A MLB hitter could catch up to just about anything with an aluminum bat, I bet you would see at least an 80 HR season out of someone, without perfromance enhancers. As for an actual distance, and I hunted around and saw claims of a 618ft HR for some college team. I guess if aluminum bats were used by MLB players, you might see a 630ft bomb at some point.

Answer 3

Definitely no! There is already enough offense in the major leagues. Adding the aluminum bat to the arsenal will just add to the offense and that would do the game more harm than good. Also, the ball comes off the aluminum bat so much faster that pitchers, other infielders and fans would be at risk to be hit by batted balls causing injury. Don't think we'll ever see it in MLB.

Answer 4

Not a chance. Sometimes the game can be made better with certain changes, but this change would not be one of them. Baseball is a game with a deep history, and certain features of the game are critical to the preservation of the sport's past. Wooden bats are obviously less durable and do not produce as much power as aluminum, but they are part of the game as it as and as it always has been.

The use of wooden bats is great for players, too, in my opinion, because they represent a shift from amateur baseball to professional. Now you're in the big leagues.

Answer 5

Metal bats are very durable and aren't easily broken. A MLB player using a wooden bat can generate a lot of power and speed and can knock a pitcher unconsious. Imagine them using a metal bat. After hitting a baseball with a metal ball, the baseball's speed would be A LOT higher than a wooden bats impact. Sure, a MLB hitter would hit the ball farther, but it would be dangerous for all the fielders who are in direct projection of the baseball from a metal bat. In most high schools in Massachusetts, metal bats are banned due to their dangerous paths and speeds to fielders (sucks for the "hot corner").

Plus like what people said, wooden bats are one of baseball's pastimes... why would you kill it with something cold?

Answer 6

No way! Aluminum bats should only be used by kids under the age of 15! All baseball - college and minor leagues included should use wood like the major leagues!

Answer 7

No way. If they started using aluminum bats, the home run record would be shattered. We'd be seeing guys hitting over 100 homers in a season.

Answer 8

What is wrong with what their using now? They have enough conflict due to Enhancing Drugs, that I think that is the leas tof their worries. Plus, these kind of things jsut don't get passed in Baseball because it is hard to get the Commisioner to sign off on something so controversial. Also, did you see what happened with the new basketball? I think it will be at least a decade before a thought like that actually goes through.

Answer 9

No, the ball jumps off the bat with much more velocity, and there have already been some terrible injuries to pitchers who are left vulnerable after a pitch.

Answer 10

hell no they would have to make two diferent record columms pre aluminum and after the change plus playing ss or 3b would be like asking to die you would be seeing anything that off wood close to warning track easily becoming a hr scores would be like 20 -34 everygame and ininngs would be like an hour long

Answer 11

No. With the caliber of hitters in the majors it would drastically alter the competitive balance in favor of the hitters (not to mention making infielders' jobs much more dangerous).