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Jan 13, 2012
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Baseball: wood bats, orange-sized white ball traveling at speeds over 100 MPH. The lightest bat I know of in professional ball is a -3. That's on the light side.
Softball: Aluminum bats, grapefruit-sized yellow ball traveling at speeds between 65 and 70 MPH from 46 feet away. Lightest bat I know of is a -12. In baseball, that's a little league bat.

Give Bonds or Kemp a week to adjust to softball pitching. The pitcher would need body armor.
 
Jan 25, 2011
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Then go back to the baseball sites and stay there. 90 foot bases and 4 hour games, 10 min. at bats. Yes, baseball moves right along.;)
 
Dec 29, 2010
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Baseball: wood bats, orange-sized white ball traveling at speeds over 100 MPH. The lightest bat I know of in professional ball is a -3. That's on the light side.
Softball: Aluminum bats, grapefruit-sized yellow ball traveling at speeds between 65 and 70 MPH from 46 feet away. Lightest bat I know of is a -12. In baseball, that's a little league bat.

Give Bonds or Kemp a week to adjust to softball pitching. The pitcher would need body armor.

I am pretty sure no college girls swinging -12 bats. Speaking of body armor, baseball home run king looked like Lancelot at the plate with all his armor. No fear of getting hit vs the old days.
 
Dec 19, 2012
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Never? You have been with him every time he has taught hitting or talked about hitting? In these videos he doesn't say it but he sure demos it.

I meant in that video...sorry. As a matter of fact, I do not remember him saying it before but maybe he has.....years and years ago.
 
Jan 13, 2012
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I am pretty sure no college girls swinging -12 bats. Speaking of body armor, baseball home run king looked like Lancelot at the plate with all his armor. No fear of getting hit vs the old days.

Yeah, I wish that part of the game was still around. Guys stand on top of the plate, but nothing happens.
 
Nov 26, 2010
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I do get the point - but a better comparison would have been Verlander to Lawrie....90 in baseball is fast but closer to average....how many times are you seeing 68-70 in fastpitch in college, let alone highschool....plus you have a bigger target to hit in fastpitch....and the ball is yellow....lol

the target is bigger but the stick is thinner. Which is harder to hit a big ball with a small stick or a small ball with a thicker stick?
 
Nov 26, 2010
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Softball: Hottest bats on the planet with a giant sweet spot. Baseball: No hot bats and small sweet spot.

the ball is a whole lot hotter in baseball then softball. And the last time I checked there are $400 dollar baseball bats, and its not because they are not better.
 
Nov 26, 2010
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Baseball: wood bats, orange-sized white ball traveling at speeds over 100 MPH. The lightest bat I know of in professional ball is a -3. That's on the light side.
Softball: Aluminum bats, grapefruit-sized yellow ball traveling at speeds between 65 and 70 MPH from 46 feet away. Lightest bat I know of is a -12. In baseball, that's a little league bat.

Give Bonds or Kemp a week to adjust to softball pitching. The pitcher would need body armor.

In leagues where there are pitchers throwing 65-70 you would never see a -12 bat. Thats considered a little league bat in softball as well.
 

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Nov 17, 2012
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the ball is a whole lot hotter in baseball then softball. And the last time I checked there are $400 dollar baseball bats, and its not because they are not better.

Ever swing a BBCOR bat? Get out a wet newspaper. Although they are getting better. Also, wood. Need I say more?
 

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