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Babe Ruth swung one of the biggest bats coming in at 36inches and 44 ounces. https://www.justbats.com/blog/post/babe-ruths-bat/ -
they use to cork the bats to make them hotter but they do not allow that.
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Baseball players used to swing with any grips tapes. now they have all types of things that gives them better grip on the bat.
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baseball bat nobs use to be all the same now they have weight in the nob to balance the bat out. some bats even have an axe handle to have a better feel. -
MLB has just put out a new bat called a torpedoed bat there is more wood at the barrel to increase the hits and barrels.
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MLB players now days are trying to swing the bat as quick as possible because of pitchers throw over 100 so now days the biggest bat some one uses is 34 inches.
https://www.batdigest.com/blog/longest-shortest-heaviest-and-lightest-bats/