Lot of interesting reading. Would the girls still wear mask if they used wood bats. Would the mask have been developed if the "hot" bats had never been developed. Players are getting bigger,stronger,faster and so is the equipment (bats). Look at golf and the rukus about moving tees back with the "hot" drivers/clubs. The last few yrs I played slow pitch I saw a lot of 300ft shots go out by pot bellied middle aged men that wouldn't be able to do it without a composite high tech piece of engineering marvel. By the way I am pot bellied, middle age and out of shape. The rec director talked about limiting HR's due to so many hit out. I loudly fought it. I did not want the young, strong, in shape, guys hitting line drives at me at 3rd because they were out of HR's. There are times when "new technology" isn't the best thing to happen.