Yankees bats

[kyace]

Watching their game and they stated Yanks are having bats designed to match the part of the bat where the hitter hits the ball most off of. Making it thicker on that part of the bat. Showed some of the bats and you can see the difference from a normal bat. Must be working as they have five homers in two innings today.

[Poojols]

Just looked it up and the bats look very strange. Will they allow these to continue? Not sure on the exact rule.

[Ordinary Man]

This was all news to me. I just read a few articles about it (well, skimmed really) and the consensus is that they are legal (weight, length and width all in spec) and now I wonder why this hasn't been done sooner. Essentially more wood to find the ball. Players say they actually feel lighter although when first encountered, they look huge. Something to do with better weight distribution.

[Goldfan]

I used to have an old wood softball bat with a similar design

[wkycards]

They should call them the Python or the Anaconda.
It looks like it swallowed something.

[Ordinary Man]

I used to have an old wood softball bat with a similar design

I too remember those softball bats as a kid, as that's what we had at home. A friend mentioned "that's a softball bat" and when I asked what is the difference, he showed me a baseball bat, which had a more linear (for want of a better word) design to it. And I had forgot about it til you mentioned it.

By the way, from an article on Yahoo Sports:

Are the Yankees' bats illegal?

While some might object to them, the bats don't appear to break any MLB rules. The league only stipulates bats can be no longer than 42 inches or thicker than 2.61 inches, must be made of solid wood and not have a cup at the tip deeper than an inch. Bat grip substances also can't go longer than 18 inches from the bottom of the handle.

You would also imagine the Yankees secured MLB's permission before implementing the bats.

[Absolut]

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