Posted by: justin v. (senravj@aol.com) on Tue Oct 23 17:50:27 2001

the age-old argument of lighter bat vs. heavier bat is a mass vs. bat speed debate, correct?

how does that transfer to aluminum?

My phsyics is a little rusty, but obviously a heavier wooden bat can have more mass than a lighter wooden bat, and I thought that was the argument: more mass on the ball can produce distance just as a faster bat can.

but is it actually weight? can an aluminum bat weighing 32 oz. hit the ball farther than a 26 oz. bat? they will have the same mass, am I correct?

obviously we're assuming the same bat speed for both bats for consistency.