Baseball Equipment

When they found out that granite bats were too heavy.

alumiun bats are better because they are hollow and because they have a bigger sweet spot than wood

another reason is that they bend then use the momentum to "smack" that bal out of there

the power in and alumiun bat is about 15% more then that of a wooden bat... but i personal like the swing of a wooden bat the weight seems to be more towards the end of the bat and swings it self

also, the aluminum bats gets weaker each time it hits the ball and the wood gets stronger.

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You can play baseball with a cricket bat but it would be hard to swing, since cricket bats are heavier than baseball bats. If the bat isn't strong enough, there is a chance that it might break. Playing cricket with a baseball would be a lot easier, but you should stick to the bats of the sport.

The inventor of the boxing glove was and Englishman named Jack Broughton. He invented the glove in 1743 as a way to minimize injury to both participants of the boxing match and make the sport less bloody.

Yes they do. All Bats need to be besr certified for high school baseball.

They usually get a fairly low salary, but yes, they do get paid. However, not all do, because some team have volenteer bat boys many games, who DONT get paid.

Well yes you can load a bat !

As for a wooden on you make a end plug of the same wood drill out the core of the bat and pack it with cork.

As for a metal bat its called rolling. By removing the end cap and roll the bat walls to thin it out, by doing this the ball will spring or pop of the bat with more power,

There is a trampoline effect when a ball hits a bat. The warmer the bat, the more the bat is able to contract and expand to create this effect. The colder the bat, the less able it is to create the trampoline effect.

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The length of a bat can vary greatly depending on the age and skill level of the player. Today, professional players are limited to bats of no more than 36". Amateur bats may range from 24" (or sometimes even smaller for very young children) to 36" with weights in the 20 oz. to 34 oz. range. Interestingly, it is reported that Babe Ruth used a mammoth 42"-54 oz. bat. And as recently as the 60's and 70's powerful hitters such as Willie McCovey used 40+ oz. bats.

A wood composite bat is a mixture of wood, carbon, glass, and fibers mixed in with a plastic resin. Wood compostite bats can be lighter, and stronger making them less likley to break or splinter. You might also need to "greak in" composite wood bats which requires you to hit the baseball on every angle f the bat by rotating the bat every time you hit. You break in the bat so that you get the full amount of pop the bat is supposed to have.

The game jerseys are made by Reebok but replicas and other jerseys are made by CCM or Bauer.

The SV12. I just got mine from Dicks Sporting Goods for 200 dollars and used it in my game tonight and hit a homerun. For me Demarini's dont have a very good trampoline effect and they are too expensive but the SV12 was great and you could really feel the ball being pushed by the bat.

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Yes, in the sense that it will now be contoured for your right hand.

No, in the sense that it will still be a left-handed glove; just a left handed glove that due to manipulation now fits better on the right hand.

You get you some leather (glove) oil and rub it in, following the directions of course - don't overdo it at first. Put a baseball in the mitt part where you want the ball to be caught and tie a rubber band around it to keep it very very tight. Place it under your kid's mattress for a couple of nights so they sleep on top of it to break it in some more. Then you just undo the rubber band, take the ball out, and throw it hard into the ground a ton of times, preferably grass or carpet and not dirt, and stomp on it with your shoes and stuff. Fold it in and out every which way possible, roll the bends back and forth really hard. You can even run over it with the car a few times (without the baseball in it!). Then re-oil it and play catch for a couple of weeks to break it in, which will probably be done in baseball practice anyway.

Unless the foul occurs on the second strike, in which nothing is called then yes.

There are 108 double stiches in an official baseball. They are carefully stiched in a pattern that goes from wide to narrow because this effects aerodynamics. When the air passes over the ball the stiches help produce a more streamlined effect which reduces the amount of drag on the ball-Drag is the reistance an object faces when it collides with air molecules, it is a type of friction which can slow down the ball.

From base to base, each path in Little League Baseball is 60 feet long, which is 30 feet less than that of Major League Baseball. There is a total of 360 feet of pathways around the baseball diamond in Little League Baseball.

That number (-3, -5) is called the bat 'weight drop' and is the difference in ounces of bat weight versus inches in bat length. For example, a 33 inch long bat that weighs 30 ounces is a -3. A 33 inch bat that weighs 28 ounces is a -5. A 34 inch bat that weighs 27 ounces is a -7.

it doesn't really matter what you use. the only difference is that in a glove for softball the glove is made smaller because a women's hand is usually smaller than a man's hand.

Both bats and gloves are governed by certain rules which apply to both games. First, remember when it comes to rules for equipment there is little to no distinction between fastpitch softball and slowpitch softball.

In baseball there are three basic levels of amateur play - youth (Little League, Dixie, Babe Ruth, etc.), senior baseball (ages 13 through 15), and adult (high school and college). For this question we will not discuss t-ball, professional or post college adult recreational leagues.

Let's talk about bats first.

In youth baseball Little League Inc. is king, and they spend money more on testing equipment and safety than the other youth leagues, so most of the other youth leagues follow Little League, Inc.'s lead. The bat rule in Little League requires, among other things, the bat be no more than 2 1/4" in diameter at the widest point in the barrel. It also stipulates the bat cannot perform better than a 1.15 BPF (Bat Performance Factor). Without getting into what that is, suffice it to say that bats must be sent in by the manufacturers and Little League tests them in a certain way and makes sure they are within the 1.15 BPF.

In "big barrel" or travel ball leagues there are little to no bat restrictions.

In high school and NCAA play the bat must meet BESR (Ball Exit Speed Ration) standards to prevent the ball coming off the bat any faster than desired by the rules committee. The bat must also be 2 5/8" in diameter in the barrel.

Softball has a completely different set of governing bodies which dictate bat rules by a different set of standards. The ASA (Amateur Softball Association) is right now one of the largest softball organizations and their rules govern high school and NCAA softball as well.

Why different rules for baseball and softball? Because the balls are completely different. Softball is actually an oxymoron because the ball is much harder than a baseball. It's compression value is greater than a baseball, so it comes off of the bat faster than a baseball. Therefore the 2 games need different rules to keep the games safe.

The glove...

Although most fastpitch softball gloves are made with smaller finger stalls and wrist openings, they can actually be bigger than a baseball glove by the rules. In the Rules of Baseball no glove on the field can be bigger than 12 1/2" from heel to the top of the forefinger, except the first baseman's and catcher's mitt. In softball the ASA requires no glove be bigger than 14". Some other leagues in softball have no specific glove rule. Regardless of the rules, I have never seen or heard of any umpire ejecting a glove based on size.

The pocket is generally deeper in a softball specific glove as well, so using it in baseball one may find that digging the baseball out of the deep pocket is a bit more difficult. When shopping for a softball glove be sure to see if it is made for slowpitch or fastpitch. Slowpitch gloves are made for men and fastpitch gloves are made for girls and women.

7 1/2 inches (in diamiter) for my AAA little game ball

Earned runs are runs that are scored because of hits stolen bases. Un-earned runs are those where a runner gets on base because of an error and eventually scores. The earned run average (ERA) is calculated by taking the total number of earned runs scored against a pitcher and dividing that by the total number of innings that pitcher pitched. The lower the ERA the better the pitcher, usually.

Generally, a 90 MPH fast ball for an MLB pitcher is considered good. There are some that can throw in the upper 90s and, in the 2006 World Series, Joel Zumaya was clocked at 103 MPH.

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