quote:Originally posted by BaseballBuddha:
I think you at least gave me something else to consider.
The reason for my post was in response to mine and my son's "suspicion" that when we do BP outside in the cold weather in the pre-season the ball seems to travel not quite as far than when it's warmer.
Of course that begs the next question ... Do warm baseballs travel farther than cold baseballs?? Certainly as you pointed out there is an increase in risk of bat damage, and that alone might warrant him using a wood bat at the beginning of the season until temps get over 60 degrees.
The simple answer is YES. . .warm bats (whether metal or wood) will produce higher exit velocities off the surface of the bat than those of cold bats. It's just physics and the reason is similar to what one gets with those high performance composite BESR bats . . .the "trampoline effect" is greater on warm bats.
Ever wonder why it's illegal in college baseball to warm bats???
