Posted by: mike wazelski (bats123) on Thu Jan 30 09:50:25 2003

010803 1130 HRS PST
> MY 9 YR OLD SON'S SCHOOL EXPERIMENT.
> WOOD BAT vs METAL BAT = BALL DISTANCE.
> HYPOTHESIS:
> IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT
> (ie: STANDARDIZED BATTING MACHINE...,
> ALL THINGS BEING RELATIVE)
> A BALL WILL TRAVEL FARTHER/SHORTER
> DEPENDANT UPON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF
> THE BAT (IE:WOOD or METAL)
> I WOULD TEND TO BELIEVE LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
> THE TWO BATS WHEN BATS HAVE (VIRTUALLY) THE
> SAME WEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS.
>
> (SHOULD I CHANGE HIS EXPERIMENT TO
> VINEGAR AND BAKING SODA?)
> BILL LARKIN
>