Posted by: ray porco () on Sat Nov 18 15:13:10 2000

Jack
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> Do Bats such as Demarini have any impact on Bat speed or distance of the ball or is it all in the mechanics?

michael,
here are several sites for you to research. some good, some bad.

http://nfhs.org/Bulletin-Bat_Testing_Protocol.htm

http://www.ncaa.org/releases/miscellaneous/1999092901ms.htm

http://m-5.eng.uml.edu/sherwood/full.htm

http://m-5.eng.uml.edu/ncaa_certified_bats/

http://idt.net/~mbeth19/sballoys.html

http://avstop.com/AC/apgeneral/PRECIPITATIONHEATTREATING.html

http://www.onecryo.com/softball.htm

http://www.slugger.com/news/index.html

http://baseball.eastonsports.com/news/2.php3

and finally(probably best answers your question)

http://www/baumbat.com/page5.htm

by the way - dr. sherwood uses the "baum hitting machine" to besr certify the bats.
i may have made mistakes on letters and symbols on some addresses. if i did, notify me by post.