Can someone please tell me which aluminum baseball bat is better, SC888 or SC900? SC900 is supposed to be better because it is 1 year newer, but I've heard a few people say that they think SC888 is better. Please explain it in detail!
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Easton Stealth™ Overview:\nSc900™: 10% stronger than than the reliable Sc888™ alloy. Advanced Metal Matrix formula combines Aluminum, Scandium, Zinc, Copper, and Magnesium for superb strength.\ncXn™: Easton's patented ConneXion™ Technology. A two-piece design that uses an elastomer connector to mechanically interlock the handle to the barrel. The two pieces to act independently for a wide sweet spot and minimum vibration.\nCNT: Acronym for Carbon Nanotube. Its structure is one billionth of a meter in diameter. Because of their size, surface area, geometry and purity, carbon nanotubes are magnitudes stronger than continuous carbon fibers and metals used in manufacturing today.\nPro-Tack Grip: Soft and cushioned for a great feel with a tacky finish to improve the batter's grip
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I think zero is the best, they have alot of concave. Any questions email me.
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get a demarini - best-bat-ever
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I have a thompson-center black diamond. In my opion TC makes\nthe best ML you can buy.For close to the same price.
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Dude its Aaron Boone. Send it to me, along with $5 for my trouble, and I will incinerate it for you. That turd was the worst investment my pathetic hometown heroes have ever made. In all seriousness, I would doubt you could get more than $10 or maybe $15. That might even be a stretch. That was the last(only) great moment for Boone, and with sports memorabilia, values tend to fade with interest in a player.
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try this one \n\nwww.resnicowschroeder.com/news/baseball_2.html
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Left handers have an advantage against left handed hitters. At least traditionally, there have been many who were actually better at getting right handed hitters out than lefties. \n\nThis became important because left hand hitters were beating up right handed pitching. So many hitters who throw right handed learned to switch hit or hit from the left side. You don't see many right handers hitting left handed any more but it was very common in the 50s and 60s. Even as late as the 70s you had alot of guys like Craig Nettles who threw right handed but hit left handed.  So left handed pitchers became exceptionally important in the left handed stacked lineups of the 50s and 60s. Many of the most dangerous hitters were switch hitters or left hand hitters. \n\nLeft handers are traditionally the only ones who can throw a screwball. For a time this was a devastating pitch that gave lefties a major advantage. The introduction of the less arm intensive sinker put an end to the arm damaging screwball. So Lefties lost another advantage they enjoyed. \n\nToday there really is no advantage for Lefties in baseball.  Switch hitters are rare. Not sure if anybody in the majors today bats left handed while throwing right handed.  The balence between left and right handed hitters is usually pretty even. A few lineups are stacked pretty heavy one way or another in the middle of the batting order.  The significance of the middle of the order has declined greatly as most defensive posisitions are expected to hit as well as be good fielders.  In the past if you could get the middle of the order out then you faced all or nothing easy KO victims for one or two spots and light hitting catchers, CFs and middle infielders who were often lucky to hit .250 with no power. Today the 9th hitter is often hitting .280 or better and many line ups do not have a single reguler who isn't a threat to hit 20 HRs.  They may not field as well as the skilled defensive players of the 50s and 60s but they outhit those guys by a ton. \n\nSo with the statistical advantage erased. The equalization of specialty pitches there is no advantage for a Lefty in the majors any more. \n\nLeft handers have done better than the statistical average says they should in many fields. Music is one you should look into. An amazing number of Rock guitarists for example are left handed.  In baseball they comprise a slightly higher than average number of star players. Historically Lefties have done very well but much of that was because of the reasons named above and Lefties no longer have those advantages.  Lefties are also known for skill in mathematics and art. Two endeavors they seem to do much better than the average in. \n\nI'm right handed, so it's just observations. Athletically Left handers have no advantage. In football, basketball and soccer where left/right makes little difference I think you'll find no edge in performance levels for Lefties. \n\nOne idea you might pursue. Left handers face more challenges as a child. The world is a right handed world. So Lefties are forced to adapt to the environment, create novel solutions to compensate and are far more likely to be ambidextrious as a result.  This early challenge might induce higher development in problem solving areas of the brain. If that is indeed the case we might want to re-evaluate many aspects of child rearing and education.
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Last night the Yankees couldn't sniff a hit off Billy Wagner and Mario Rivera gave up two bombs.  Today Wagner couldn't find home plate and Rivera blew the Mets away.  That is why baseball is so superior to any other team sport. \n\nWhat you should be asking is why did Willie Randolph pitch Wagner in the first place with a 4 run lead?
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If you want to read peoples reviews on specific Worth bats, or any other brand, go to epinions.com. Check out this link.
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It is the best for metal woods because of the trampoline effect. They use steel in all the other clubs except for titanium for drivers and in a few fairway metals. Steel is very strong but it has no spring-like effect. Titanium is lighter and and is a trampoline. If you hit a titanium club very lightly, it will go absolutely nowhere. If you hit steel lightly, it will go farther, just like a trampoline vs. solid ground.\n\n\nTitanium has taken the world of golf by storm. Manufacturers of some of the world’s top golf clubheads have chosen to use titanium as their chief ingredient in assembling space age, state-of-the-art components. But why is this? \n\nThere are many materials as strong if not stronger than titanium. So why is titanium the material of choice? Titanium is not only one of the “hardest” metals known to man but unlike these other hard materials, titanium is extremely lightweight. Because of these weight characteristics, manufacturing advances have enabled clubhead designers to build drivers of ever increasing size while not being inhibited by added clubhead weight. \n\nThree different types of titanium are used in the manufacturing of today’s clubheads: 9-6AL-4V, 15-3-3-3 and SP700. There are 3 characteristics that are used to gauge the quality of each type of titanium. Tensile strength represents the material’s resistance to breaking or cracking. The higher the value the more resistant the clubhead is to cracking. Elongation is the percentage each type of titanium will flex or spring upon impact. The higher the percentage, the more spring each metal will experience. HRC Hardness is fairly self-explanatory, exhibiting values that correspond to the metals hardness. The higher this figure, the less likely the metal will dent or become deformed upon use. \n\nWhen evaluating the types of titanium and the figures used to do so, clearly noted is the separation between 9-6AL-4V and 15-3-3-3 / SP700. A golfer should avoid the purchase and use of 9-6AL-4V as the minimal cost savings (typically $20 to $40) do not warrant the inferior playing characteristics. As one can surmise, a clubhead made with 9-6AL-4V is much more likely to crack or dent through continued use. In addition, the elongation percentage is not nearly as high as the others mentioned therefore, a golfer would not experience the potential gains in distance/yardage that he/she would if using either of the other titanium’s. \n\nTitanium’s 15-3-3-3 and SP700 offer tradeoffs when considering which may be better to seek when making your next purchase. 15-3-3-3 has the highest tensile strength of the 2 but a smaller elongation percentage. Meanwhile, SP700 still possesses considerable tensile strength but does add a few percentage points in the category of elongation. How does this translate? SP700, through its’ higher elongation figure, can impart more spring upon impact and thus deliver more energy to the golf ball thereby increasing distance. \n\nSo what are the trade off’s? Simply put—dollars for distance. Though this figure varies widely, the SP700 titanium is typically a bit more expensive than the 15-3-3-3, usually on the order of $20 - $40. This amount is oftentimes minimized by using SP700 strictly in the face of the driver head. Also, the higher one’s clubhead speed, the more realized benefit that could be realized from the increased spring effect of SP700. Golfers with a lower swing speed may not notice substantial yardage gains when comparing the two and therefore may not wish to pay this premium. Truly though, it is hard to go wrong with using either titanium as both offer such incredible playing characteristics, such vast improvements over stainless steel \n\n\nHope this helps.
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pretty good one-batting 300 aint bad for baseball-keep the peace old hippie here
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higher batting average is better\nlower era is better
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It is the soft-nest of the ball.  So someone with a rather soft swing would want a 1-3 and a hard hitter would want a 3-6.  Also the temperature has a lot to do with this.  On hot days i prefer a harder ball but on cool days i take a soft ball.  (it has nothing ot do with telling them apart, it is just convenient)
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Bad for The Tigers. I dont know what Dombrowski was thinking.\n\nThat sanchez dude was big prospect in our system, and he'll come back to haunt The Tigers in the future.\n\nI'm just hoping that Sheffield can keep his head in the game.\nHis bat might us help us.
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jeter is a better fielder and anyone who knows anything about baseball will tell you that. dont you remeber him diving into the stands for a foul ball and busting open his head or that behind the back backhanded flip to posada to tag out giambi at home plate in the playoffs a couple of years back. you never see A Rod doing those things. Now A Rod is a way better power hitter and rbi guy but not a better fielder.
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Hits&#92;at bats\n\nBe sure to take into account though that:\nWalks, Hit-by-pitch, and sacrifices are not ABs.\n\nAlso that it's only a hit if you reach safely and no one else gets out advancing to the next base.  (ex.  Bob is on first, Ken hits the ball.  Bob gets out at second and Ken is now if first)  This is called a fielder's choice.\n\nAlso reaching safely on an error is not a hit.\n\nBoth of the above count as at-bats without hits.\n\nNow if he is coaching little league.  Depending on the age you might not want to bother with errors and just credit the kid with a hit.
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I'm a junior in high school and we've won the 6A Kansas State Softball Championship the past 3 years in a row and I'm also on a traveling team.  It depends on how old you are.  If you're below the ago of 11 a regular bat and glove should do fine.  You should practice taking grounders and go to the batting cages to get in some hitting practice.  If you're older you should get a good glove and bat.  The glove should fit you but it doesn't matter on the quality of it so long as its nto going to fall apart.  I myself had used the same glove since third grade until last summer.  For the bat, I would recommend a Louisville Catalyst or Easton Synergy.  Make sure that you get a bat that is light/heavy and long/short enough for you.  Brush up on the rules as well.  All players should have cleats, regardless of age.