Anyone going to talk about the Yankees?

[Deep Dish Pizza Goat]

Because they meet MLBs required specs. Seems like a fairly easy concept to get.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

That's what I'm wondering about...the only thing the "torpedo bat" does is shift more of the weight to the bats "sweet spot".

Amazing that no one at Louisville Slugger, Easton, etc. thought "What if we shift some of the weight to the part of the bat that players are trying to contact the ball with?"

Exactly. Seems like that would be a pretty simple concept to tinker with in R&D.

So it either doesn't actually provide benefit, or they're dumbfucks.

 

[TheReal_NU]

‘Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.’
– Yogi Berra

 

[rsw626]

That's what I'm wondering about...the only thing the "torpedo bat" does is shift more of the weight to the bats "sweet spot".

Amazing that no one at Louisville Slugger, Easton, etc. thought "What if we shift some of the weight to the part of the bat that players are trying to contact the ball with?"

Exactly. Seems like that would be a pretty simple concept to tinker with in R&D.

So it either doesn't actually provide benefit, or they're dumbfucks.

I wouldn't doubt that someone did and were told to shut up and color, i.e "we're making a ton of money with what we're doing so why mess with it"

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I wouldn't doubt that someone did and were told to shut up and color, i.e "we're making a ton of money with what we're doing so why mess with it"

Of course. There's no way any of the bat companies would be interested in gaining market share. . .

 

[rsw626]

Of course. There's no way any of the bat companies would be interested in gaining market share. . .

Remember, these companies are probably ran by old geezers that don't like change, can't figure out a smart phone,
and act like this:

 

[Kburjr]

New order of bats due in Milwaukee by the weekend.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

....I mean, they openly either cheated or found a serious loophole that I can't imagine how no one else has figured out how to do this for the entire existence of the game of baseball. Does the MLB ban these new bats or do they allow them this year and every other team starts to follow or start figuring out how to modify their bats to be even better?

I mean Sosa got ramrodded for possibly corking his bat. This is worse.

I have something to talk about:

Yankees suck ma balls

 

[huskers1217]

....I mean, they openly either cheated or found a serious loophole that I can't imagine how no one else has figured out how to do this for the entire existence of the game of baseball. Does the MLB ban these new bats or do they allow them this year and every other team starts to follow or start figuring out how to modify their bats to be even better?

I mean Sosa got ramrodded for possibly corking his bat. This is worse.

No.

End of thread

 

[Brutus]

Rob Manfred praises torpedo bats as 'absolutely good' for MLB​

Manfred: Torpedo bats 'absolutely good' for MLB

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says torpedo bats are "absolutely good for baseball," noting that they fall within the rules and demonstrate the sport's "unique place in our culture."

www.espn.com