What Are the Differences Between Hitting With Wooden Bats As Compared To Hitting With Aluminum Bats?
Ryne Malone: Hitting with wooden bats is a challenge. Once you get up to the plate, you don’t really notice that you have a wooden bat in your hands. It’s hitting, and hitting is hitting, so you never really notice. There are some balls you hit off the end of the bat or off of the handle that you get hits with aluminum bats but not with wooden bats because they are not as forgiving. Bryan Henry: It’s been a big adjustment for me. The wooden bats tell you with every swing if you have put a good swing on the ball or if you have put a bad swing on the ball. You see the results in both batting practice and in the games. You can’t hit cappers or off the handle; you pretty much have to hit every ball solidly. It’s been fun making the adjustment and trying to get my swing down. What Positions Are You Playing? Ryne Malone: I have been playing third and shortstop – all around the infield really. It’s kind of like at school – I’ll play wherever the coaches need me to play. Bryan Henry: I am tryi
