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Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in High School and College

Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in High School and College. Presented by: Luke Jackson. America's Pastime. Baseball has been called "America's Pastime" since Major League Baseball was founded in the early 1920s. Metal Baseball Bats Were Created. -Advantage to hitter

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Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in High School and College

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  1. Metal Baseball Bats Should Be Banned in High School and College Presented by: Luke Jackson

  2. America's Pastime Baseball has been called "America's Pastime" since Major League Baseball was founded in the early 1920s.

  3. Metal Baseball Bats Were Created • -Advantage to hitter • -Greater exit speeds

  4. Metal Bat Technology Increased

  5. Wood vs. Metal -Solid barrels -Little trampoline effect -Center of mass cannot be changed -Longevity -Metal bats are hollow barrelled -Made of aluminum -Trampoline effect -Center of mass

  6. MLB Players Use Wood Bats -Top physical condition -Player strength -Would cause injury

  7. High School Players • -Increased playing level • -Training year round • -Bryce Harper

  8. BESR • Ball • Exit • Speed • Ratio • Ratio of the speed of the pitch to the speed of the ball off the bat. • -The NCAA issued this certification in 2006 • -It was an effort to make the game safer

  9. Did not help increase safety

  10. BBCOR Batted Ball Coefficient Of Restitution • -Gauges how much energy is lost in the ball-bat collision • -Limits to .50 • -Slightly higher than wood

  11. BBCOR bats are breaking in • -Tested new bats • -Effects of use • -Increased trampoline effect • -Performed like old bats

  12. Examples Demarini CF4 Marucci Cat 5

  13. Solution • -Switch back to wood bats • -Increases safety

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