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Del bate “banana” al “torpedo”: la evolución de los maderos en el béisbol
A lo largo de la historia del béisbol, la búsqueda del swing perfecto ha inspirado la experimentación frecuente en el dise?o de los bates. Algunas de estas creaciones fueron rarezas fugaces, mientras que otras provocaron cambios duraderos.
En los primeros días del juego, no existían estándares establecidos para los bates, lo que resultó en una variedad de formas, tama?os y tipos de maderos que se utilizaban. Si bien finalmente se establecieron regulaciones, eso no ha impedido que los innovadores empujen los límites.
?La última innovación que está causando sensación? El modelo de bate “torpedo”, que causó revuelo después de que varios bateadores de los Yankees lo utilizaran durante la serie inaugural de la temporada contra los Cerveceros, una barrida de tres partidos en la que los Bombarderos del Bronx conectaron 15 cuadrangulares.
Comenzando con el modelo “torpedo” y retrocediendo a través de la historia del deporte, aquí hay un vistazo a algunos de los dise?os de bates más interesantes, desde lo increíblemente innovador hasta lo francamente inusual.
El bate 'torpedo'
El ca?ón del bate “torpedo” se ubica en un lugar no tradicional, más cerca de las manos del bateador, con una parte superior más delgada en el extremo. La innovación se atribuye a Aaron Leanhardt, un exanalista de los Yankees que fue contratado como coordinador de terreno de los Marlins este invierno pasado.
Después de que el inusual modelo de bate atrajera la atención generalizada durante la ráfaga de nueve vuelacercas de los Yankees contra los Cerveceros en el segundo juego de la temporada del 2025, Major League Baseball confirmó que el modelo no viola las reglas ni las regulaciones de los proveedores de bates. (La Regla 3.02 establece que los bates no pueden tener más de 2.61 pulgadas de diámetro y 42 pulgadas de longitud).
Bates “hacha”
Mientras que un bate típico tiene una perilla redondeada en su base, los bates "hacha" presentan un mango inclinado y asimétrico, similar a un hacha.
Los bates "hacha", que se hicieron cada vez más populares en la década del 2010, están dise?ados para promover un agarre más ergonómico, mejorar la velocidad del swing y reducir el riesgo de lesiones en las manos y mu?ecas.
Mookie Betts, pictured with an Axe Bat.
Bate sin mango
Jeff McNeil de los Mets es conocido por usar un bate sin perilla; en lugar de ensancharse cerca de la parte inferior, el bate se ensancha gradualmente hacia el extremo, con la creencia de que su distribución de peso poco ortodoxa le da más control.
“Simplemente se siente más ligero, porque está muy equilibrado”, dijo McNeil en el 2018. “El peso está en todo el bate. No está todo en la maceta”.
Here's a look at Jeff McNeil's unusual bat, which does not have a knob. Although it's a standard 32 ounces, McNeil says the model feels lighter to him because the weight is more evenly distributed. pic.twitter.com/4rZybaBMp4
Si bien el hickory era una madera popular para la fabricación de bates antes del siglo XX, el fresno finalmente emergió como la madera preferida, volviéndose casi universal en la década de 1930 y manteniendo su lugar durante las décadas siguientes. Sin embargo, eso comenzó a cambiar a fines de la década de los 90, cuando los bates de arce irrumpieron en la escena.
Aunque se considera que Joe Carter fue el primer jugador en usar un bate de arce en un juego de Grandes Ligas, a Barry Bonds se le atribuye ampliamente la popularización de ese tipo de madero. Desde el inicio del siglo XXI, el arce – más duro y denso – ha suplantado el fresno como la madera preferida para los bates de los jugadores de Grandes Ligas.
Bate 'cebra'
Goose Goslin, de los Carmelitas de San Luis, fue noticia en el Día Inaugural de 1932 cuando se paró en el plato con un bate a rayas, dise?ado para distraer a los lanzadores contrarios. Los colores del bate son todavía objeto de disputa. Algunas fuentes afirman que las rayas eran blancas y negras, como las de una cebra, y otras dicen que eran verdes y blancas.
En cualquier caso, Goslin nunca llegó a batear con dicho implemento, ya que los umpires lo declararon ilegal. Al día siguiente, el presidente de la Liga Americana, William Harridge, lo prohibió oficialmente.
Antes del inicio de la Era de la Pelota Viva en 1920, los bates típicamente tenían mangos gruesos (como el que Nap Lajoie sostiene en la foto de abajo), hasta el punto en que tenían un ancho casi uniforme desde el mango hasta el ca?ón.
Los mangos de los bates cónicos se hicieron gradualmente más populares, y Rogers Hornsby fue uno de los primeros en adoptar un mango más delgado, creyendo que le permitía pasar la maceta del bate por la zona de strike más rápidamente.
"You don't always need stars to win. You don't always need greatness. Sometimes spirit, determination, fight will do as well.” – Nap Lajoie
Wise words from the Hall of Fame second baseman, who was born on this day in 1874. pic.twitter.com/wUL1BsJftj
— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ? (@baseballhall) September 5, 2021
Bate “botella”
Si bien Heinie Groh pasó 16 a?os en las Grandes Ligas -- bateó .292 de por vida y ganó dos títulos de Serie Mundial, uno con los Rojos y otro con los Gigantes -- es mejor recordado por utilizar el distintivo bate “botella”.
El bate presentaba un ca?ón inusualmente largo que se estiraba bruscamente en un mango delgado.
For no particular reason at all, Heinie Groh's bat from a century ago.
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Patentado en 1890 por el inventor Emile Kinst, el llamado bate “banana” presentaba una ligera curva cerca de su extremo y fue dise?ado para hacer que la bola fuera más difícil de atrapar al aumentar el giro al contacto. El dise?o de Kinst nunca tuvo éxito entre el público beisbolero.
Speaking of weird bats, how about this one from 1890. The banana bat by Emile Kinst. https://t.co/Kd7iu1DJwO
“The object of my invention is to provide a ball-bat which shall produce a rotary or spinning motion of the ball in its flight” pic.twitter.com/oHi7K5Jqi5