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Re: Bat weight

Posted by: Alex Sawelson (michellesawelson@mac.com) on Fri Jun 24 13:57:08 2005

> I was just wondering, do you prefer heavy bats or lighter ones? I find with
slower pitching i like a longer, heavier bat. I've always thought, what pounds
in a nail harder - a sledgehammer, or a normal 16 -0unce hammer?

Definatly a heavier bat. If you can get the same bat speed with a 40 oz. bat
and a 20oz. bat definatly chose the 40oz. It has more mass and at the same
bat speed it will have double the energy.

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> > I was just wondering, do you prefer heavy bats or lighter ones? I find with > slower pitching i like a longer, heavier bat. I've always thought, what pounds > in a nail harder - a sledgehammer, or a normal 16 -0unce hammer? > > Definatly a heavier bat. If you can get the same bat speed with a 40 oz. bat > and a 20oz. bat definatly chose the 40oz. It has more mass and at the same > bat speed it will have double the energy.

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