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roothog,

My opinion regarding your question, is today's MLB players likely do not use too heavy of a bat, however the old timers likely did. IMO a lot of the power numbers you see by a wider range of players is due to an increase / understanding of better mechanics, resulting in bat speed. Along those same lines, they have learned that you can swing a lighter bat faster, so with the better mechanics, and lighter bats you have guys like Pedroia putting up pretty good power numbers for 2B. You never use to see guys like Bonds choking up on short bats...now the short bat is much more common.

6/3/1412:32 PM

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