Major league bat size

Ballfan13;

my son Rob, sells the SSK bat to the Major League players. He show me the bat. Sariano Cubs outfielder swings a 35' and 35 oz bat.
I have David Ortiz bat 34.5' and 33 oz.
Puljos bat is 34' 33 oz.
hope this helps.

Bob

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my son Rob, sells the SSK bat to the Major League players. He show me the bat. Sariano Cubs outfielder swings a 35' and 35 oz bat.
I have David Ortiz bat 34.5' and 33 oz.
Puljos bat is 34' 33 oz.

How do those guys pull those bats through?!?!?!

35 foot long bat!!??!!

LOL

LOL;
35"" long. They are strong, but not that strong.

did you hear of the tire drill?

Bob

The Babe started out with a 52oz. That's not a bat, that's a telephone pole.

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Originally posted by Consultant:
LOL;
35"" long. They are strong, but not that strong.

did you hear of the tire drill?

Bob

What is this tire drill?

Tire Drill;
to improve bat speed, take an old auto tire, strap to a tree and hit thru the tire with an old wood bat. This will improve your bat speed.

Take 5 swings and rest, then again 5 swings.

Bob

I'm certainly no batting expert and I was having difficulty with Consultant's description of the tire drill. I thought I knew what "swing thru" meant but I couldn't visualize how that worked with a tire strapped to the trunk of a tree.

So, I did a little Googling and found this:
The Baseball Drill Book - Google Books Result
by Bob Bennett, American Baseball Coaches Association - 2004 - Sports & Recreation - 320 pages

166 TIRE DRILL Focus To complete the swing and develop power through resistance. ... Procedure The hitter works on making the tire spin by driving the bat ...



The image of the page was blocked on my gov't computer, so I tried Amazon. I was able to see there that the author suggests building a contraption with poles and concrete and 2 tires.

It made me realize that Bob was really saying to hang a tire from the branch of a tree.