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To me it is pretty much common sense. The Xeno and cf5 in no way compare to the bats pre 04. This same argument happend then . What did they do? Reduce the ball exit speed to 95 on all bats that were to be accepted by ASA. If higher scores are being accomplished when all bats have the same ball exit speed the hitting is what's improved. Some won't be happy until the game is
Actually, I believe the earlier restrictions set the BES at 85 mph. If memory serves correctly, there was some sort of error or miscalculation and the method of testing was changed along with the allowance being raised to 98 mph where it is presently.
Even with these and hotter bats, the 52/300 will help negate the effect of the hot bats to the point that altering them would be useless and not worth any risk. Those who can hit will still be able to hit, and those which rely on the equipment to make up for their shortcomings better spend more time learning how to hit it where they ain't.