Originally Posted by capehorn24
Originally Posted by Joe4majors
Originally Posted by Joe4majors
Originally Posted by capehorn24
Looks great, I know you said batting cage would that bat be legal for a game? Is there a “standard “ to be legal


Pretty sure every high school game will be metal bats only. Might be some wooden bat tournaments for summer ball. It would certainly be heavy enough. The length is standard. The barrel diameter should be legal. I don’t see anyone making a fuss about it.


34.5 oz, pretty heavy


Thanks for the answer just didn’t know so, no wooden bats in high is that a safety concern?


Here’s my thoughts on that.

Wooden bats were the only option decades ago. Metal bats started being common place in the 70s. By the 90’s, the technology for metal bats made them so hot that home run numbers skyrocketed. I suppose there were also safety concerns given how fast the ball was coming off those bats. Now, technology is limited in metal bats to make them perform closer to how a wooden bat would perform. In theory, this forces hitters to have a better swing and helps scouts judge how the hitter might do at the professional level (wooden only). Even now though, high school players generally need to swing the lighter metal bats and the ball still goes further/faster off the metal. Also, generally speaking, it’s cheaper for high school players to use a metal bat because they can last for years. We used wooden bats one fall in college and saw a guy break two wooden bats in two swings ($$$). That last point is getting a little fuzzy these days with metal bats costing $500+ and some $200 wooden bats made of maple lasting a long time.