what is the best metal baseball bat available for sale  ?
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demarini makes several good bats.  some are 300+  might want to check the eligibility first before buying.
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Since he's in high school you're probably going to use metal\n\nThere are basically two types of aluminum bats: one-piece or two-piece.\n\nOne piece bats are single wall to double wall (mostly single) construction with a lot less "flex" in the bat.  Most Louisville Slugger bats (dynasty, omaha) meet these requirements.  Now, the positive with these is that the bat creates the "pop" by taking the power generated by whoever and translating it up the barrel of the stiff flex bat to the walls of the barell.  The walls of these barrells are usually a little bit more flexible and therefore they use the "trampoline" effect to create the pop along with the power transfered up through the handle.\n\nTwo-piece or composite types of bats use a "whip" technique to maximize the power of the bat.\nComposite bats will flex as whoever swings the bat.  In theory the barrell of the bat will straighten out right at the time of contact creating the whip effect ot generate power.  Now, it's for a senior in high school he might actually be able to create enough whip to use the benefits of these bats.  Most younger kids won't (even though composite bats are popular amongst most young kids and their parents) Types of bats: Most Demarini, easton, Nike.\n\nAs far as which ones are the best? Who knows, to be honest it boils down to price, popularity, availablity.  Most popular right now is probably between Louisville EXO 349.99 (which is a hybrid bat, it's a combination of the two types of technology) and the DeMarini VooDoo (two-piece/composite, double walled 299.99)\nand the Easton Stealth 299.99 (compostite)\n\nTo purchase or get more info about the bats go to: www.linedrive.com or www.baseballexpress.com\n\nLineDrive is a smaller company and usually more accomodating when it comes to price breaks, shipping charges etc.  They are a great company!\n\n*side note*Mr coach up above me is possibly a "i'll tell you whatever you want to hear type of coach."\n\nBarry Bonds uses: 34, 31.8 oz.  yes he does choke up to make it close to a 32 inch bat but don't act like you know what you're talking about.  Barry also uses a 200$ wood bat.  Yes size and strenght help but so does maple.
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answer lies in the newton's laws of motion and properties of the sufaces.\n\nsee the ball hits the bat and there is a change of the momentum of the ball by mv + mv1 where m is mass and v is the initial velocity, v1 final velocity of the ball. this much divided by the time is the force supplied to the ball. \n\naluminium has two advantages\n1. now with a aluminium bat the energy utilized in the process will be very low. and the v1 will be quite large. so the momemtum increases hence the force. \n\n2. there is no compression of the bat as compared to the wood so the time of contact with the bat will be very less.\nso the force increases.\n\nand as the force applied to ball is high ball goes further.
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check e-bay, they seem to have everything these days. Also check mlb.com, they might be able to point you in the right direction.
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I don't know but I think you should see this one the Dean Dimebag Razorback Tribute Guitar, http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/buy_dean_dimebag_razorback_tribute_guitar?full_sku=511936%2e096  THAT IS FULLY HE-AVY METAL!!\n\nFor something cheaper, get a Gibson Flying V (there's a lot of types), it looks metal, plays metal and is a big softy round the middle. Here's some of them (around your price range: http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/guitar/navigation?q=flying+v&x=0&y=0)
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If you live in Cincinatti, you could probably find one at their team store or at the ballpark. You can also check Ebay periodically.
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http://www.baseballcorner.com/batguide.asp
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"A high-quality example of the famous T206 Honus Wagner card was sold at auction on eBay in 2000 for $1.265 million dollars. The T206 Wagner is the most valuable and the most famous baseball card in existence, and even damaged examples are valued at $100,000 or more. This is in part because of Wagner's place among baseball's immortals, as he was an original Hall of Fame inductee. More importantly, it is one of the scarcest cards from the most prominent of all vintage card sets."\n\nA recent search on eBay has the T206 Christy Mathewson tobacco card bidding at $6600.00 with a "Buy it Now" price of $13,500 (Near Mint - PSA 7).  A T206 Ty Cobb (NM/Mint - CSA 8) is a "Buy it Now" price of $5000.\n\nCompare that to a damage, possibly 5 PSA or lower, Honus Wagner going for $100,000 - I would say Honus will always be the "Mona Lisa" of all tobacco (re: sports) cards.
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Hey what is up ??\nThe answer is yes that is a 100% composite bat. Check this out...\n\n\nGood luck !
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When I played baseball in high school, we (my team) found an ld aluminum bat down in the basement of the school.  We used it for batting practice and then decided it would be cool for everyone to use it in the game.  Like I said, it was old and slightly cracked in some places.  We were playing against Carbon High and I came up with the bases loaded, got the perfect pitch, and unloaded a line drive to third, but all that was in my hand was the handle of the bat and the barrel was behind the pitcher.  Everything happend so fast, nobody really knoew what had just happened.  Unfortunatley, the third baseman caught the ball and ended the inning.  But I did break an aluminum bat, and it was pretty damn cool.  I don't recall the sound though, sorry that doesn't answer your question, but it's a cool story.
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It's cheaper.  There is a movement, though, to switch to wood in high schools and college.  Metal bats are considerably more dangerous.
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Mini-Photo Labs will actually do this process for you if you wanted yuo invest in that kind of money in one.\nThe labs that you find at WalMart or Walgreens actually have contracts to sell this metal to organizations that buy it on a regular basis.
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You should return the bat. I myself have a 07 dynasty (-3 high school) and it hasnt dented yet seeing 70-80 mph pitches. If the store owners refuse to refund your purchase, you may want to try calling the Louisville Slugger Co.
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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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Wow!  I'd say you probably have at least a 500 dollar to 1000 dollars baseball.  Check out Tuff Stuff price guide.
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a tippmann 98 custom because you can turn it into a mega gun for almost half the cost of the big ones.  plus it is tournament legal right out of the box
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Depends on what you're trying to do with the bat.\n\nSeriously, I think you want the bat that best fits your hands and your swing.  If you have a big, looping swing, get one with the center-of-gravity farther down the barrel.  If you have a compact swing, the center-of-gravity should be closer to the handle.\n\nThe ideal is to have the hardest bat allowed with the biggest "sweet spot."  A lighter bat allows more bat speed, but a heavier bat imparts more force.\n\nIt's like finding a mate:  you can say you like this color hair, or that color eyes, or measurements like such-and-such, but until you get her in your hands, you'll never know if she's for you.