wood bats

As it becomes more and more apparent that BBCOR bats don't perform any better than wood, I think we'll see lots of players go back to the wood bat tradition in baseball.

It's a slow migration right now--many people still can't quite grasp the full nature of the BBCOR limitation on bat performance. Also, of course, metal bat manufacturers are still tarting-up their BBCOR lead pipes with great paint jobs and awesome-sounding names. The BBCOR's, even though they are no better than wood, certainly look every bit as lethal as last year's hottest performing bats.

By the way danocaster, most of the decent wood bat makers offer a variety of models with specs to fit different types of hitters' needs.

We have a surplus of 32" maple bats from our Australia trip. ML models

Bob
<www.goodwillseries.org>

This may deserve its own thread but on the subject of wood here goes. I've been looking at the NCAA approved bat list and noticed that there were only a few wood bats listed. Is this because the wood bats don't need to be tested or because the wood bat is the standard for BBCOR aluminum and composite bats? If MLB considers bamboo bats as composites than are all wood composites also illegal? Since wood composites and bamboo bats are not on the NCAA list are they legal for play or must they also be tested and BBCOR approved?

Squints,

I also found the NCAA discussion of their bat regulations to be incomplete, re: wood.

They go into great detail about what is, and what is not, allowable for metal bats but there seems to be little NCAA discussion of wood. Here is one possible reason: Virtually all NCAA D1 programs have lucrative contracts with metal bat companies and players in those programs cannot use anything but the sponsor's product in games.

My understanding is that NCAA allows any wood bat that is also legal under MLB standards. At HS level, wood composites and laminated bamboo are also legal, I believe, but it's difficult to find specific discussion of those bats by NCAA.

At last resort, the NCAA does have contact information that you could use to ask your questions to them directly.

If you guys are even in need of a MLB Quality bat, We can set up up at www.annexbaseball.com. We offer Premium wood bats for $69.99 plus free shipping on every bat. Take care, hope we can be part of your game.

Black Hills Bat Company

They make good bats, choice of length, lots of model types, even choice of weight. My tool of choice: Nellie Fox Model, 35 in, 36 oz. For Tee work only though.

Squints, how is Wendy?

Regarding the handle, as today, you can get a handle in a variety of sizes. I used wood in HS. 1974, if I remember right was the first year for aluminum. (Perhaps even 73.) However, my school still had wood. So, I used an Adirondack wood model that had a thinner handle. If you were a letter winner, you could order 4 of "your bats." I loved those bats. Naturally, I broke all of mine and so was forced to use aluminum a part of each season. At the time, those were the bats where the rubber end could come off and I hated those bats.

Edited to add:

My daughter hits with a 33" Louisville Slugger "TPX C271" Composite Bat for her practices. We have taped the end of the bat to make it much heavier. She went through about a dozen composite bats until she found this one. It's a keeper.

@'Squints'

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Is this because the wood bats don't need to be tested or because the wood bat is the standard for BBCOR aluminum and composite bats?

This may help
http://www.kettering.edu/physi...-new/NCAA-stats.html

http://www.kettering.edu/physi.../bats-new/batw8.html

Here are a few quotes from the person that helped BBCOR become reality.

‎"a new BBCOR=0.5 standard effective January 2011. This new BBCOR standard effectively requires non-wood bats (metal and composite) to produce batted ball speeds exactly the same as wood."

And

"The new BBCOR requires that all bats must produce a bat-ball-cofficient-of-restitution that equals 0.5 or less - which is the maximum value for a wood bat."

laflippin.

1. I hope you are right, however isn't a metal bat better when the ball is off the hands?

2. In the FWIW department. My son has been using a Baum bat for years and loves it. He broke his (it started to seperate in the handle) after 4 years of almost daily use. They use wood in all fall practices so I just sent him another one. They now have BBCOR stamps on them FWIW. They have gone up in cost a bit but he thinks they are better balanced than the other "wood like" bats.

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Originally posted by laflippin:

At last resort, the NCAA does have contact information that you could use to ask your questions to them directly.

NCAA Certified Baseball Bats
There are a lot of wood bats listed.

http://www.mme.wsu-ssl.org/certifiedbaseballbats.aspx

Baum bats Just don't break and they are bbcor.50 leagal in 2012
I own Northwest Independent Baseball League (nwibl.org) a wood bat summer league in Portland OR and also Wood Bats 4 Sale (woodbats4sale.com) over 80 players on 17 teams use Baum Bats BBCOR.50, next is demarini composite wood, then Mizuno wood composite (which seem to be replaced the most) Baum bats have out hit for average and power with those who use them and none have broke during the three years the league has been in play. woodbats4sale.com sales them for $177 plus usps priority mail shipping anywhere in the USA