quote:Originally posted by J H:quote:Originally posted by Walawala:
Because when you hit a ball with a BBCOR bat it doesnt go as far as it does as it would have with a BESR bat, regardless of how good your swing is.
I kind of scratched my head when I first saw this thread and thought the exact same thing. That's the entire point of the BBCOR bats. There's no other reason.
This is going to sound like nitpicking, but I believe the point is the ball doesn't travel as fast. The change was not implemented to keep outfielders from running as deep, but to protect those in the infield, particularly pitchers.
Of course the impact for those who hit to the outfield is that balls don't go as deep, but really rather it travels 300 or 315 doesn't make a difference in most fields.
For players who hit to the infield, the ball is traveling more slowly, so speed is rewarded. Infielders are having to adjust.
I'm in the wood camp anyway, but BBCOR is better than BESR.