I’m sure metal baseball bats are more economical to make and use than wood and hit the ball farther but thank God MLB didn’t allow it to change their game.

    Tinker

    That would likely be based on safety and logistics . Aluminum bats create higher exit ball speeds which would be dangerous , especially for pitchers.
    The ball travels further off An aluminum bat which would change the game.

    From a fan enjoyment perspective, maybe it would add excitement , more gappers, more home runs , who knows?

    All it might take is 1 splintered bat impaling and killing an MLB player for aluminum bats to be a discussion point in MLB. They would need to change the ball though......sound familiar ?

        Weirfan
        There’s already been a player impaled with a splintered bat (Steve Yeager), but he wasn’t killed.
        That was in the 70’s when this was considered an accident and not a reason to ban wooden bats. Also the decade when Rick Monday was hailed as being a hero for stopping the burning of the American flag during a game. Today he’d probably be vilified for impeding on someone’s ‘rights’.