“We once had a couple aluminum bats around the big-league batting cage,” Cal Ripken Jr. Records would be shattered, and the game might be diminished. If aluminum and other metal bats were allowed, observers believe the technology would supersede player talent. When aluminum bats were first introduced in the 1970s, NCAA teams saw batting averages go up 20 points home runs doubled. Some players have even been known to break in a new aluminum bat to allow for greater flex in the material by running over it with a car. It becomes easier for hits to travel farther and faster, with their velocity known as bat-exit speed. Thanks to the “trampoline effect,” a metal bat will have a slight give when connecting with the ball, transferring more energy.
Both the major and minor leagues have banned the metal bat because of the skill level of their participants.
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