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Why should you choose Hard
Maple over White Ash?

For over 100 years, bat
manufacturers have placed their logo on the tangential face of White Ash
and have instructed players to hit with the
LOGO UP.
This results in hitting on the radial face of White Ash. This
LOGO UP
orientation is required for White Ash, because too much contact on the
tangential face could cause fatigue of the empty wood cells, which results
in annual ring separation as shown in the photo.

When White Ash has many
growth rings per inch, it contains practically
50% empty wood cells
by volume, and is very
weak. When it has very few growth rings per inch, White Ash is often
too heavy for typical bat shapes and possibly dimensionally unstable.
The highly variable and
RING POROUS
nature of White Ash forces players to look for bats with approximately 8
to 10 rings per inch. This narrow range of density is typically
reserved for Major League players.
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