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MLB should institute 'bat testing'

By Gary Gillette
ESPN Insider

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Without any fanfare, another potentially significant development has occurred in the ongoing battle between batters and pitchers. Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of the world-famous Louisville Slugger bats traditionally used by a majority of big-league hitters, are now making some bats out of a new species of wood: European beech. The exact species of wood is a trade secret. Russ Tucker of the Hillerich & Bradsby Company in Louisville, Ky., states that the beech wood is harvested in one European ...

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