Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

According to the VN Metallurgy Forum (i.e., Sally): a typical aluminum (alloy) baseball bat used in college/high school weighs about 31–34 ounces. An osmium bat would weigh about 7.3 to 8.9 pounds. Effects on a batter’s swing:
  • Swing speed: drastically reduced — inertia makes accelerating the bat/meeting the ball nearly impossible; swing would be much slower and shorter.
  • Timing and mechanics: batter would likely choke up, shorten swing, and use body (shoulders/torso) rather than wrists/forearms; normal quick hip-rotation timing breaks down.
  • Required strength: force to accelerate scales with mass – would need ~26–30× more force to reach same speed – unrealistic for typical athletes.
  • Contact outcome: with same bat speed contact would be virtually immovable — the ball would barely change velocity; the ball would likely dead stop or tiny bounce; bat could crumple or transfer force to batter’s hands/arms.
  • Injury risk: much higher — strained muscles, joint injury, severe hand/wrist impact from reaction forces; bat could slip or break, causing injury.
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*Pawl's been sleeping with the enemy for a long time. His diploma says TN but his heart says gump. Ignore him
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Why does today's game start at 6.30p? People barely have enough time to get through traffic on i40 after work to make it on time. They should move the tip-off to 9pm.

Also, if Danny White wasn't so money hungry, he should move the Friday and Sunday games to Saturday. They could play one 27 inning game.
 
Why does today's game start at 6.30p? People barely have enough time to get through traffic on i40 after work to make it on time. They should move the tip-off to 9pm.

Also, if Danny White wasn't so money hungry, he should move the Friday and Sunday games to Saturday. They could play one 27 inning game.
Quit yer whinin!

You will be late, there will not be available parking, and you will eat your $10 hotdog and drink your $20 beer while we lose and you will like it!
 

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