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Why did the diameter of a MLB bat shrink from 2 3/4 inches (rule for over 100 years) to 2.61 inches?

EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 18, 2018 5:03PM in Sports Talk

I must be really out of touch with current sports events or something, so imagine my surprise when I found out that the max diameter of an MLB bat is now 2.61 inches since 2010. The max diameter of a bat has been set at 2.75 inches (it was 2.5 inches before that) in 1895 so why the change of this rule after 115 years? And why this weird 2.61 number? Why not 2.60 or 2.65?

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't know that either...but have been out of the MLB loop for 23 years.

  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm more into history/vintage/retro stuff myself...just like with UK basketball I want to learn all I can about say, the Rupp and Hall eras.

    WISHLIST
    D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think they did it to make you mad. ;)B)

  • OdessafileOdessafile Posts: 440 ✭✭✭

    E.D.?

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