2007-05-09 10:05:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
i accidentally wrote wooden i meant metal bats
2007-05-09 11:44:44 · update #1
There has been a rumor that aluminum bats are going to be banned due to safety reasons. The result would be that wooden bats would be required.
Another proposal was that the quality of aluminum bats would be limited to reduce the ball speed off the bats and thus reduce injuries to the younger players.
I have also heard that some little leagues have already ,and Little League in general is trying to ban all breaking ball pitches to reduce the ligament damage to young pitchers arms.
Hope this helps!
2007-05-09 10:24:09 · answer #1 · answered by The One and Only Big Sexy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recently Pennsylvania tried to ban aluminum bats. All the bat makers came out with data that showed that the ball comes off wood & aluminum bats equally. The problem is the weight of the bats, in little league for example, you have kids swinging bats with a drop of 12 or more!!!! As you get older the league start imposing a limit, some pony leagues have a maximum drop of 8. Once you are on a school team the limit is a drop of 3. I firmly believe that little league should have a limit!!! Instead of letting kids(some very strong) swing as light of a bat as they can buy. The problem isn't wood, or metal, but the weight of the bats. also it would be extremely expensive to use wooden bats, which might break after 1 hit!!!! Put a limit on the drop of metal bats!!!! You could get just as injured from a ball off a wooden bat, some youth leagues require their younger players to wear a heart guard.
2016-05-19 01:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by joann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to have aluminum bats banned for safety purposes but wooden bats are so expensive compared to aluminum. You would probably go through 20-30 bats a season if you used wood bats. Its just too expensive. I know from experience becuase in high school i would practice with a wooden bat to increase my bat speed and i cracked at least 4 bats in a two month period. I spent over 200.00 on those four bats alone.
2007-05-09 10:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by Scott B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think the move is actually heading in the other direction. There's a move towards going back to wood at all levels. New York City just banned metal bats, and the whole East Coast seems to be pushing for wood at all levels:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070505/SPORTS/205050327/-1/style
Same thing recently happened in North Dakota, too.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20070506-1126-bbo-batsofspring.html
2007-05-09 10:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wooden bats are not being banned metal bats are being banned. i know because i am on a team
2007-05-09 11:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by john w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your corrected question is yes, and for very, very good reasons. Metal bats are dangerous. Not to mention that they encourage truly awful batting habits.
2007-05-09 12:38:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard that one. First, where did you get that information? Second, why in the world would they ban wooden bats?
Chow!!
2007-05-09 10:26:19 · answer #7 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so i always hear horror stories about metal bats. the speed the ball flies off of them is usually faster than the pitcher can react to it. so if he gets a line drive hes a goner
2007-05-09 14:45:52 · answer #8 · answered by snowman_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but aluminum bats are starting to be banned in a lot of those leagues.
2007-05-09 12:33:33 · answer #9 · answered by ronald g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup
2007-05-09 10:23:27 · answer #10 · answered by rynoxman 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋