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Larrikin ◴[] No.43536490[source]
He never said why it's bad, just that players he thinks suck should continue to suck and he doesn't like that they don't suck anymore.

He briefly alluded to a valid point but went no where with it about how it may affect little league and college with less money, but that is completely separate from MLB teams using millions of dollars for custom bats.

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basisword ◴[] No.43538920[source]
>> He never said why it's bad, just that players he thinks suck should continue to suck and he doesn't like that they don't suck anymore.

Bad players should continue to suck unless they put in the effort to be better. If you're a batter and can't hit the ball with the right part of the bat (especially experienced guys like Chilsolm) you're simply bad at your job. This is like getting a crappy NBA player and putting some Flubber on his shoes[1]. In all sport the tools are going to push performance a certain amount of but this feels beyond the limit for me.

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119137/

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1. pseudosavant ◴[] No.43542070[source]
Because baseball bats must all have only one size and shape? Or just not this shape?