Facilitation

Facilitation 8/6
The topic of my facilitation is the use of aluminum bats in college baseball. I decided to look at the pros and cons of using aluminum bats, to see if players would be better off if they used wooden bats.

Pros for aluminum bats:
- There are more homeruns, making the game more exciting.
- You can get an on base hit using a larger surface area of the bat.
- The bats do not break, making it less expensive to replace, and less dangerous with regards to pieces of flying bat.
- Aluminum bats were first put in place to save money.
- Aluminum bats can be made from recycled materials.


Cons for aluminum bats:
- The ball is hit harder, making it more dangerous for players and fans.
- Players don’t have experience hitting with a wooden bat.
- Players don’t have experience fielding hits off a wooden bat.
- Over the past 10 years injuries from aluminum bats exceeds injuries from wooden bats.
- Pitchers don't throw inside to players using aluminum bats.
- Performance of aluminum bats can benefit from engineering science, such as alloys and processing methods. Aircraft quality aluminum is the material of choice for aluminum bats.