The Power of Present Day Professional Wood Bats

The old time professional wood bats were the size of a red wood tree. They weighed as much as five men could handle and could knock down a brick wall with one whack. Mighty men like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb wielded these manly bats with a skill and precision that no modern day baseball pro could ever dream to have.Then again, Ruth and Cobb didn't have hurlers that registered triple-digit with their fast balls. They didn't face the advanced and near magical pitching technique of the Braves bullpen or the Yankees superstars. Today's batters need to fight fire with fire, and so the technology behind today's professional bats has to match the velocity and movement of today's professional pitchers.

Superstar hitters like Derek Jeter and Scott Rolen rely on the best professional wood bats out there to give them a shot. Compared to the mythic sluggers of baseball golden days, today's batters rely on lighter weight bats that also have thinner handles.True modern science comes into the way that many of today's bats are cup balance. This involves removing as much as three-quarters of an ounce of wood out of the end of the barrel to make the bat lighter. A lighter bat means a faster swing, and a faster swing means a farther drive. Experts estimate that as many as 30 percent of today's players use a cup balanced bat.

Today's professional wood bats mostly come from wood from the white ash tree. Some players, though, have been experimenting with wood from maple trees. No matter the tree or the amount of wood they scoop out, though, today's batters still have to be able to have the hand speed, dexterity, know-how, and vision to make that contact. Bats can only help you out so much, even if they are as big as a red wood.

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By: Mike Long