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"Furthermore, it about keeping the same mass and having less weight. "

for all those interstellar baseball fields

8/12/2007 3:48:41 PM

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"The only mass that is of consequence is in the area of impact."

not entirely true, the mass at the end of the bat has more impact, but the mass of every part of the bat is important to how much force is transferred.

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" If you take a standard bat but hold it by the barrel and hit with the handle you cannot hot it as far because the effective mass of what is making contact is so much smaller even though the bat's overall mass is the same."

that or the moment is larger holding the ball correct way because the heavy part is farther from the center of rotation.

8/12/2007 5:22:44 PM

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"not entirely true, the mass at the end of the bat has more impact, but the mass of every part of the bat is important to how much force is transferred."

That's pretty much the point I was making.

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"that or the moment is larger holding the ball correct way because the heavy part is farther from the center of rotation."

You lost me on this.

8/12/2007 7:26:02 PM

For the people not following here, it is about reducing the force necessary to swing the bat. Why reduce the size of the bat, when you can reduce the density of the material on the inside, thus keeping the same massive bat size and reducing weight.

8/12/2007 8:58:10 PM

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"Benny 'the Jet' Rodrigez did it, so its possible"

i was waiting for that comment haha

8/12/2007 10:49:41 PM

^^because you're not transferring as much energy to the ball

[Edited on August 13, 2007 at 12:31 AM. Reason : .]

8/13/2007 12:31:05 AM

you are transferring equal energy with the swing of the bat. After all, the speed of the ball is more important. Also, it is about getting contact and contact is one of the biggest aspects of hitting.

8/13/2007 12:33:52 AM

ok. i might be wrong about that.

8/13/2007 12:51:11 AM