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?-- tosspot62, Jun 23 2007 (?) these bats are looking for their aluminum balls http://www.lasergrl...t/HalloweenBats.jpg [xandram, Jun 24 2007] Blernsball http://www.answers.com/blernsballThe jazzed-up Futurama version of baseball. [quantum_flux, Jun 25 2007] Disappointed - I thought this was a device for cooling one's testicles to improve fertitlity.-- nuclear hobo, Jun 23 2007 Not interested in finned heatsinks between my legs, too much potential for injury.-- normzone, Jun 23 2007 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.-- nuclear hobo, Jun 23 2007 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?
Anyway, I'm on your side, you can't beat a good rant. So what is Baseball anyway?-- jethrotull, Jun 24 2007 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.
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.-- jhomrighaus, Jun 24 2007 //So what is Baseball anyway?// - It's an extreme sport that involves dropping balls off cliffs and tall buildings.-- wagster, Jun 24 2007 i would try it just once (the aluminum ball thing - for baseball!) but only until it hurt me.-- abhorsen1983, Jun 25 2007 //I thought this was a device for cooling one's testicles to improve fertitlity.//
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!?
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!-- quantum_flux, Jun 25 2007 You sure as hell don't want to get crowded off the plate with that ball!
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.-- elhigh, Jul 05 2007 Would it be a *CLANK* or more of a *SPANG*?-- shapu, Jul 05 2007 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?-- wagster, Jul 05 2007 Are we sure this isn't an idea for a metal recycling social occasion with dancing, cake, and punch?-- normzone, Jul 05 2007 You've *got* to have aluminum gloves to catch the balls with, too. And an aluminum umpire's mask.-- phundug, Jul 05 2007 [wagster], maybe if the bat is a metal dustbin lid?-- imaginality, Jul 05 2007 Yup, or a frying pan.-- wagster, Jul 05 2007 I think I'm expected to chemically castrate the lot of you...
and it will be a pleasure.-- po, Jul 05 2007 Way ahead of you, po. I just wish I had thought of it earlier. It would have saved me so much misery...-- Aq_Bi, Jul 06 2007 Yep, they stick to corking and steriods.-- Texticle, Jul 11 2007 //you can't re-use the balls since they'd become dented and warped in very short order.//
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.
//have you ever seen an aluminum bat that has been over-used? When it shatters (and they do) it has lots of sharp edges.//
Nope. But I have shattered wood bats, and they have sharp edges and splinters.
//Baseball was NOT ruined by the aluminum bat, at least not professional baseball.//
Agreed. Baseball was ruined by television, corporate marketing and greed.-- nuclear hobo, Jul 11 2007 random, halfbakery