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Everything you described about golf has already happened in MLB. Babe Ruth’s wood bat was 44 oz. Today’s wood bat in MLB are ~33 oz. The bat Babe Ruth used w
by tiffanyh 2y ago
Everything you described about golf has already happened in MLB.
Babe Ruth’s wood bat was 44 oz.
Today’s wood bat in MLB are ~33 oz.
The bat Babe Ruth used was so heavy he literally had to swing the bat different than how players can swing the bat today.
There’s a short video on this here: https://youtu.be/P_uiHUJg7zs https://youtu.be/P_uiHUJg7zs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_bat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_bat
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Fishing has even undergone this technical change.
FFS (Front Facing Sonar) has completely changed the sport of fishing tournaments, since now you can literally identify where to cast (direction and depth) to catch a fish … and you can even target the fish by their size.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Dw-l_Smuqj8?si=QVvuAoNlfAb_-9F2 https://youtube.com/shorts/Dw-l_Smuqj8?si=QVvuAoNlfAb_-9F2
- russellbeattie 2y agoQuick tip in case you don't have a good sense of what an ounce feels like: It's exactly 5 quarters (the coin). So the difference between Babe's bat and today's is about the weight of 55 quarters (a roll and a half). Years of doing laundry at laundromats have given me a keen sense of how much handfuls of quarters weigh, so I find this actually pretty handy. Just in case: * A nickel is exactly 5 grams. * A penny (1982+) is 2.5 grams. * A dime is 0.08 ounces. * A quarter is 0.2 ounces. * 5 rolls of nickels = 1 kilogram * 2 rolls of quarters = 1 pound. Why did the U.S. Mint switch between even metric and even imperial units? Probably has to do with the changing metals in those coins. That said, the new small dollar coin is 8.1g / 0.286oz which makes no sense at all. It is, however, exactly 2mm thick.
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- gamblor956 2y agoBaby Ruth was known for using a heavy bat. Most players used lighter bats.