Now when you're hit by a broken bat it will have a serial number on it
by jbox on Dec 9, 2008 7:27 PM PST
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PrintUpgraded bats to be used by MLB in 2009
Sandy Alderson and his posse of nerds came up with nine recommendations for bat manufacturers. The article doesn't actually tell us what the recommendations are but we can guess that Alderson suggested playing with younger bats that are less expensive. The Padres are taking it a step further and using players that can't make contact thus cutting down on bats being broken.
Don't worry if a bat does break it will have a serial number on it. Ah the sweet cushioning protection of a serial number.
The bats will also have an ink marking. Gaslamp Ball has an exclusive look at the planned ink marking.
Among the committee's findings were that maple bats were three times as likely to break in multiple places as their ash counterparts. Experts insist both types of wood should break at a closer rate — and the slope of the grain is one of the primary contributors to breakage.
More studying of bats next season.
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Each bat manufacturer will now be charged a $10,000 administrative fee, up from $5,000 previously, that will be used in part to help fund further research.
Pleasure doing business with you
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
That first paragraph
made Dos Equis come out of my nose.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Dec 10, 2008 12:38 AM PST reply actions
Watching "Stuff Happens" last night
Ol’ Bill Nye was talking baseball, though for some reason from the Nationals’ stadium, and he suggested Bamboo bats. Green baseball?
Set the WABAC machine to 2006, Sherman.
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