by Pale Rider » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:59 pm
Well...just as an FYI...They don't slow'em down by a 1/2, or castrate them like a wood performance bat would...
The mask thing has beaten to death, resurrected and beat to death again...
Me personally...Mine wears one when shes at 3rd...has already saved her from facial reconstruction surgery...or worse
Mandatory at collegiate level...NO...But if I was a high end college coach with a pitcher who is gonna take us to the WCWS...You better believe...I'm gonna 'encourage' her to protect her, and my (and the Universities) investment...
They've already limited the current bats performance standards...the pitcher vs pitcher, bunt duels are boring as hell...
Had several pitchers parents decry the evil bats and want much bigger fields to boot...and move it back to 40 ft...then again his kid was playing OK and Baylor...But make using shaved / deliberatley altered bats a criminal offense and a forever ban to ASA, NCAA, PGF etc competition...
I work at Talladega on race weekends...As a Renta Cop...Ive been within 20 yards of the track when the cars are on it...
You really don't get a sense of the actual speed until you see them in person...
The goal is to keep them under 200 mph in the draft...not to protect the drivers necessarily...(they make new drivers) Its (hopefully) to keep the cars out of the stands...
One year Rusty Wallace took a car out with no plate...was running 246-250 down back stretch...which isn't the fastest part of the track...the tri-oval is actually faster...Got out of the car shaking his head...said there was no way he'd drive that in a race situation...Ever been to 'dega?...One BIG ASS place...213 acres just INSIDE the infield...Trucks don't run a plate...enough aero drag to slow them...
I'm in Talladega Nights actually...was there while they were filming it...The partying they did there is how it got its name...it was called 'A NASCAR movie" when they started filming...
Saw Porsche set the closed track speed record also...Jay Leno was there...he has one of the Porsches...You have to be invited to buy one...They wont sell them to just anyone...
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