Kinds of Baseball Bats in Japan?
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Re: Kinds of Baseball Bats in Japan?
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Jul 16, 2010 11:21 PM
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There is a section for the regulation of bats in the NPB rule book. I will not translate that because it's kind of long and complicated. Instead, since the article you linked is about high school baseball in Florida, I talk about its counterpart in Japan in plain language (as opposed to literal translation of the rule book).
According to the Japan High School Baseball Federation, metal bats are allowed. They are the most widely used bats in high school partly because the cost of broken wooden bats adds up. Each bat maker has to be approved by the Federation so the kind of "cheating" in the article is unlikely to happen in Japan.
According to the Japan High School Baseball Federation, metal bats are allowed. They are the most widely used bats in high school partly because the cost of broken wooden bats adds up. Each bat maker has to be approved by the Federation so the kind of "cheating" in the article is unlikely to happen in Japan.
Re: Kinds of Baseball Bats in Japan?
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Jul 18, 2010 2:36 PM
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Nippon Professional Baseball uses only wooden bats. As infimum mentioned, the specifications are in the NPB rule book.
Re: Kinds of Baseball Bats in Japan?
[ Author: Guest: Donald | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 12:46 AM
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Thanks. Is there anywhere online I can find the rules books for Japanese Pro, College, Amateur, and High School Baseball leagues and whatever Softball leagues exist in Japan? In Japanese is fine.
Re: Kinds of Baseball Bats in Japan?
[ Author: Deanna | Posted: Jul 19, 2010 11:41 PM
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Hmm. I'm pretty sure that in all the games I've been to here, I've only seen metal bats in high school, and only wooden bats in college... but that's mostly drawing off my memories of like, high school boys with bright yellow metal bats, or having taken photos of guys splitting wooden bats on the college level.
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In the Japanese pro, college and high school leagues, what kinds of bats are allowed to be used? And what kinds do most players typically choose?
Thanks.