Metal Bat Ball, Chicks Dig the Long Ball, Video
April 8th, 2008 | by ethanator1088 |Well, people might hate me, but I am a little bit of a baseball purist. I do not think they should be using metal bats on any level of baseball. The recent Wade Korpis instance is a perfect example of why we do not need to use metal bats. As a purist, I do not see college baseball as real baseball. I see it as “Metal Bat Ball”. When you play with a larger ball, you call it softball. Why would you not change the name of the game when you play with a metal bat?
Some people say that it is more exciting to hear the ping of the metal bat, and to see the ball go further and faster. I say that is all well in good, but do not be offended when I discredit your records. Do not be offended when I call it “Metal Bat Ball”.
On my list of sports, I put college baseball under curling. I say this for the fact that it is not baseball. If they were playing with a wooden bat, it would be a completely different story.
I do not discredit the passion that it is played with. I do not discredit the sacrifices made to play the sport by student athletes. I do not discredit the Tens of Thousands of people that make a living due to “Metal Bat Ball”, and the selling of the sporting goods, or concessions/tickets to the games. Please do not miss my point. I am not attacking anyone.
It is dangerous to play with a metal bat. We are also teaching our children that cheating is OK. You might say that it is not cheating because it is in the rulebook that they can use a metal bat. To that, I say that it is not baseball if it is in the rulebook that you can use a metal bat.
Barry Bonds was not using a metal bat, but he was cheating. He put homeruns over playing the pure game of baseball. It is hard to hit a Homerun. That is why people get excited when someone does it. I know chicks dig the long ball, but using a metal bat is not baseball. It is cheating. Well, unless you are playing “Metal Bat Ball”.
Please do not take any of this personally. As I said, I am a baseball purist and we are a peculiar bunch, when it comes to the game we love.
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3 Responses to “Metal Bat Ball, Chicks Dig the Long Ball, Video”
By Nic on Apr 9, 2008 | Reply
You are right, all baseball should be played with a Wooden Bat.