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Well, they pretty much ruined baseball when they invented the aluminum bat. Why not go all the way and use an Aluminum ball as well? That ought to make a really nice "Plinking" sound when it hits the bat, now wouldn't it?
(?) these bats are looking for their aluminum balls
http://www.lasergrl...t/HalloweenBats.jpg
[xandram, Jun 24 2007]
Blernsball
http://www.answers.com/blernsball
The jazzed-up Futurama version of baseball. [quantum_flux, Jun 25 2007]
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Disappointed - I thought this was a device for cooling one's testicles to improve fertitlity. |
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Not interested in finned heatsinks between my legs, too much potential for injury. |
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It could work like a heat shield in reverse - a testicle holder made out of perforated aluminum to help increase heat transfer. But then you'd need ventilated pants, too - maybe a pocket fan could be run from excess testicle heat. |
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You see now, is this fair? I put an invention on this site and was told it sounded like a rant (which, hands up, it was) so I took it off again. Yours sounds like a rant and no one seems bothered. Sorry, is this starting to sound like a rant? |
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Anyway, I'm on your side, you can't beat a good rant. So what is Baseball anyway? |
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I think you would need to go with some sort of jacketed aluminum balls that way you could pump coolant through them and chill the coolant at a remote source say like a crown or something. Just don't forget your wearing them when you get to the airport. |
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The only problem I see with this idea is that the name somehow got switched to this lame rant idea about metal baseballs. I wonder if Jutta still has a bug after the database repair. |
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//So what is Baseball anyway?// - It's an extreme sport that involves dropping balls off cliffs and tall buildings. |
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i would try it just once (the aluminum ball thing - for baseball!) but only until it hurt me. |
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//I thought this was a device for cooling one's testicles to improve fertitlity.// |
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Uh, you probably want to, uh, you know, cryogenically freeze it when it is in a test tube instead of, uh, well you've seen Austin Powers], right!? |
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On an unrelated note, aluminum balls in baseball, huh? I'm sure this wouldn't make the game any less boring than it already is, chew on this [0 <calories>], but hmmm, oh I know....blernsball would jazz it up! |
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You sure as hell don't want to get crowded off the plate with that ball! |
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The game's sound would change again. From the *ping!* of the bat and ball now, to the *CLANK!* of the bat and ball under this concept. |
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Would it be a *CLANK* or more of a *SPANG*? |
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It would probably be closer to [tosspot]'s *PLINK*. I however would prefer more of a *SPLANGGGG!*. Any metallurgists here able to devise a bat/ball combo with such a cartoony impact noise? |
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Are we sure this isn't an idea for a metal recycling social occasion with dancing, cake, and punch? |
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You've *got* to have aluminum gloves to catch the balls with, too. And an aluminum umpire's mask. |
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[wagster], maybe if the bat is a metal dustbin lid? |
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I think I'm expected to chemically castrate the lot of you... |
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and it will be a pleasure. |
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Way ahead of you, po. I just wish I had thought of it earlier. It would have saved me so much misery... |
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Yep, they stick to corking and steriods. |
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//you can't re-use the balls since they'd become dented and warped in very short order.// |
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The changing surface texture of the ball would make the game more interesting, especially from a pitcher's point of view. Also, aluminum is highly recyclable. |
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//have you ever seen an aluminum bat that has been over-used? When it shatters (and they do) it has lots of sharp edges.// |
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Nope. But I have shattered wood bats, and they have sharp edges and splinters. |
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//Baseball was NOT ruined by the aluminum bat, at least not professional baseball.// |
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Agreed. Baseball was ruined by television, corporate marketing and greed. |
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