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MLB says Yankees’ new “torpedo bats” are legal and likely coming

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302 points cf100clunk | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 15:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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fracus ◴[31 Mar 25 23:29 UTC] No.43541152[source]▶
I'm wary this will change baseball for the worse. Already, we've seen the power game become more and more dominant since the steroid era. You see less of the base running and nickel and dime baseball. It's all about home runs. If it were up to me, they would make the bats deader, not more lively.
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1. poulsbohemian ◴[31 Mar 25 23:30 UTC] No.43541169[source]▶
So much this - the game is better when the focus is on getting the ball in play. Likewise, I prefer the WNBA these days because it's a game of fundamentals rather than the 3-point shootout of the NBA.