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Hey, what's up with the new bats?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deep Purple" data-source="post: 782868" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>They're called composite bats. The exterior is still aluminum, but the interior surface is lined with woven graphite. This makes them feel more like wooden bats in performance, but still with some of the livelier action produced by aluminum bats. There are also a few other advantages:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">By shifting the volume of graphite lining closer to or away from the bat handle, manufacturers can produce a more customized swing weight, which is how the bat feels to the batter as he swings it. More graphite towards the bat handle lowers the bat's center of mass, producing a lighter swing weight. More graphite away from the bat handle raises the center of mass and increases the swing weight. This means two bats of identical real weight can have highly different swing weights. It allows each batter to select a bat that is virtually customized to his particular swing.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Composite bats are stronger longitudinally but "softer" around the barrel circumference, which increases the trampoline effect when the ball "jumps" off the bat. This is one reason they outperform aluminum bats. The ball loses less energy in collision with the bat, giving it a livelier reaction off the bat surface. (Think of how much more "bounce" you get from a highly elastic trampoline than from a taut trampoline with less elasticity.)</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When an aluminum bat contacts the ball in any location other than the sweet spot, the resulting vibration is transmitted right up the handle, producing a sting in the batter's hands. Because composite bats are both "softer" and better dampened, they do not transmit hand sting from an imperfect hit.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deep Purple, post: 782868, member: 17"] They're called composite bats. The exterior is still aluminum, but the interior surface is lined with woven graphite. This makes them feel more like wooden bats in performance, but still with some of the livelier action produced by aluminum bats. There are also a few other advantages: [list][*]By shifting the volume of graphite lining closer to or away from the bat handle, manufacturers can produce a more customized swing weight, which is how the bat feels to the batter as he swings it. More graphite towards the bat handle lowers the bat's center of mass, producing a lighter swing weight. More graphite away from the bat handle raises the center of mass and increases the swing weight. This means two bats of identical real weight can have highly different swing weights. It allows each batter to select a bat that is virtually customized to his particular swing.[/list] [list][*]Composite bats are stronger longitudinally but "softer" around the barrel circumference, which increases the trampoline effect when the ball "jumps" off the bat. This is one reason they outperform aluminum bats. The ball loses less energy in collision with the bat, giving it a livelier reaction off the bat surface. (Think of how much more "bounce" you get from a highly elastic trampoline than from a taut trampoline with less elasticity.)[/list] [list][*]When an aluminum bat contacts the ball in any location other than the sweet spot, the resulting vibration is transmitted right up the handle, producing a sting in the batter's hands. Because composite bats are both "softer" and better dampened, they do not transmit hand sting from an imperfect hit.[/list] [/QUOTE]
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