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A swing and a #@%$!


Posted at 12:01 am by Katie Mayer, Herald staff

In case you thought a baseball bat was just a big stick that, in a pinch, can also be used to pound tent stakes, players and coaches offer a little wisdom on the difference between hitting with wood and metal. Unfortunately, if you hit your hand while pounding tent stakes, it won't matter what kind of bat you do it with.

Among the differences players describe is the crack made by a wooden bat versus the ping of a metal one. No one mentions another noise commonly associated with baseball bats: the tinkling of breaking glass that indicates someone's about to be grounded for the rest of the summer.

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