Would have liked to seen this display:
Junior rocks out to heavy metal
FULLERTON, Calif. - The highlight of Team USA’s workout yesterday at Cal-State Fullerton was watching Ken Griffey Jr. take a round of batting practice with an aluminum bat. Griffey had folks oohing and ahhing as he hit a series of shots over a row of trees beyond center field.
Asked how he felt about using the aluminum bat, Griffey said, “Not for me, not for me.”
For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.
Imagine, if you will, Dunn or the dearly departed WMP with an aluminum bat.
Originally Posted by Raisor
If I am a pitcher, I would absolutely refuse to pitch a ball to Pena if he was holding an aluminum bat.Imagine, if you will, Dunn or the dearly departed WMP with an aluminum bat.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
I would pitch to him. I'd just do it behind a screen.
What's the screen made out of?
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Titanium.
He'd only get offspeed stuff from me. Even my fastball.
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
That's IT! To bring parity into baseball, have the small market teams play with aluminum bats and teams like the Yankees play with ping pong paddles as bats.
Years ago when McGwire was chasing the record, I remember reading an article (or maybe I dreamed it) that said if he hit a baseball with an aluminum bat with his bat speed that he would shatter the bones in his wrist. I guess the velocity from the pitcher played a roll in it too. Does anyone else remember anything about that?
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