Players Switch to Lighter Bats to get more velocity into swing - which is one reason offered for more home runs. Here for comparative purposes is the heavy bat, which is the biggest permitted under baseball rules, alongside the 35-inch bat which now is most-commonly used.

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Title:
Players Switch to Lighter Bats to get more velocity into swing - which is one reason offered for more home runs. Here for comparative purposes is the heavy bat, which is the biggest permitted under baseball rules, alongside the 35-inch bat which now is most-commonly used.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Baseball Bats
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. July 1950]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Baseball bats
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 217 x 197 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9g551j65s
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Baseball - Bats
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000938_0002
Barcode:
39999088103229