History of the baseball bat

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    History of the baseball bat

    In 1859 was the first restrictions on the bats

  • History of the baseball bat

    Infographic history of the baseball batThe first metal bat was patented in 1924 but it didnt see much use until the aluminum bats were used in college sports in the 1970's.

  • History of the baseball bat

    Use of composite batsIn the 1980's composite bats were introduced which provided an advantageous swing weight.

  • The Pine tar Incident

    Pine tar incidentGeorge Brett was accussed of putting pine tar to far up his bat handle then he was called out and his team lost the game.

  • History of the baseball bat

    History of the baseball batIn 1993 worth and easton introduced the titanium bats although they werent allowed in the majors they were shortly used in the United States Softball Association.

  • History of the baseball bat

    new dimensions for the aluminum bat.In 1999 the manufacturers got together and said that ther barrel diameter of the aluminum bat cannot be nomore then 3 integers.

  • History of the baseball bat

    maple batsIn 2001 barry bonds hit a record setting 73 home runs and they found out that he was using maple bats

  • history of the baseball bat

    wikipediaSome people started using baseball bats as a weapon it rose graetly on amazon.com.

  • BBCOR bats come in effect

    bbcor bats come in effectStarting the 2012 baseball season bbcor bats were in effect they made the game safer because it put less compression on the baseball ball.