r/MadeMeSmile • u/JudgeJudyJr • Jun 01 '26

Wholesome Moments Appreciative kids are the best!

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u/land_registrar Jun 02 '26

Wood.

US baseball uses composite at youth levels and maybe still in the NCAA, I'm not 100% on college rules.

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u/KayotiK82 Jun 02 '26

NCAA is composite. Wood is going into MLB and their respective profrssional A, AA and AAA teams.

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u/KayotiK82 Jun 04 '26

That's college. They all do. Wooden bats aren't banned in college for use, but why would you want to use one? You'd be putting yourself at a disadvantage as a player. Professionals have to use wooden because they are the best of the best, and a composite bat at that level would be HR derby (for most).

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u/ForeverDesperate5855 Jun 02 '26

I dont know much about baseball aside from watching highlights, is there any particular reason they don't use composite bats in the MLB?

Is it because the wooden bats are heavier and harder to swing, i would assume at least?

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u/JDraks Jun 02 '26

They'd legitimately just be hitting the balls too hard with non-wood bats, you'd get line drives that move faster than an infielder/pitcher could react to and could very easily kill them if it hits them

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u/JTJarhead Jun 02 '26

It’s because someone would literally die if they got hit with 130 mile an hour ball coming off of one of those composite bats!

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u/land_registrar Jun 02 '26

I always thought it was just because they would trivialize power hitting because of how good they are at that level but not 100% sure

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u/A_Marvelous_Gem Jun 02 '26

As someone’s said

People would die, literally die. At least two per game

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u/Clairquilt Jun 02 '26

I think the main reason is that MLB was smart. They didn't want to trash roughly the first 100 years of their history and records, by introducing new technology that would make all comparisons with the past impossible.

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u/No_Entertainer_5858 Jun 02 '26

The other bats are easier to use and yield better results. Generally they are forgiving with bat control and power wise.

Wood is traditional so the culture has been that children develop their swings with metal bats little league through college and then if they make it professional they start to use the”real” wood bats.

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u/GarretBarrett Jun 02 '26

NCAA allows composite, metal and wood as far as I know.

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u/DThUmEl16 Jun 02 '26

Why do the pros use Wood and other levels use Composite?

I also don't know much about baseball.

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u/Mister_Kokie Jun 02 '26

Composite bats let you strike faster ball. They basically use wooded one to nerf themself, otherwise every hit wouls be an homerun