Yankees' Bat Controversy

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

It's basically golf fitting coming to baseball and it's been around for years. Players using science to tailor their bats to where they make contact with the ball the most.

Pitching has benefitted more than hitting when it comes to technology/analytics in recent years, so this is not a bad thing whatsoever.

There's some real survivors bias risk here, though.

The old WWII example of the bombers with the holes in them is a perfect one here. "Oh well there are a lot of holes in these spots, let's up-armor the shit out of those spots..."

No, those are the spots where you DON'T need armor because those are the spots where the plane got shot to shit and still made it back to base.

The more you shave off the ends in favor of putting wood where the ball is making contact, the more you're taking away from areas where you're already missing a bit. That's going to make you MORE prone to mis-hits on balls that aren't barreled.

Well hell fellas, a barreled ball is gonna go a long way anyway. How much science did you really need to know that?

This too shall pass, IMO.