Will Fosnot P.
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Evolution of the
Wooden Baseball Bat
There were many types of
bats that came out at the
same time, but they were
all different because there
was no regulations.
1860
The Dead ball era
John A. was at a The mushroom is happening and
players griped the
game and Pete bat was a short
Browning broke
his bat and he
lived bat that
didn’t really get
bat differently so
they could hit the
offered to make used that was ball and so they
him a new one made by a man made the Pro-
Ash continued called Ty Cobb.
and he was from XR that gives
to be the He wanted this
Louisville so they the grip on the
popular type of called it the bat to help bat bat and it is not
bat until Barry Louisville grip and give a major thing in
Bonds picked slugger. It was you more bat the major league
up a maple bat made in a woods control. but could be in
and smoked it. men’s workshop. the near future.
1870 1884 1906 2000
Technology made the bat better
because without the technology and
the events that took place the Slugger
and the Pro-XR would have never
would have made the major league.