impressive how baseball bats achieved the highest level of fame in the world of sporting equipment and then, not yet satisfied, went on to gain perhaps even greater notoriety in the field of weaponry, becoming arguably the planet's most popular and iconic bludgeon - ThreadSky

juniorhoncho.bsky.social • 161 days ago

impressive how baseball bats achieved the highest level of fame in the world of sporting equipment and then, not yet satisfied, went on to gain perhaps even greater notoriety in the field of weaponry, becoming arguably the planet's most popular and iconic bludgeon

Comments

terranova2.bsky.social•161 days ago

I know that I always keep a baseball bat close by (car, home, work) Doesn't everyone?

juniorhoncho.bsky.social•161 days ago

though i personally favor a crowbar, the ubiquity of the baseball bat as a reliable and user friendly defense item cannot be denied

terranova2.bsky.social•161 days ago

It's not the only thing. I’m in Texas…

chillydawgg.bsky.social•161 days ago

We got gordon freeman over here

terranova2.bsky.social•161 days ago

So far, I've not had to use it. You never know, though. Better safe than sorry

madp0e7ix.com•160 days ago

I use a six foot digging iron like I'm Michaelangelo from TMNT.

I am neither fast nor strong enough for it to be effective

chillydawgg.bsky.social•131 days ago

Donatello

spamps.bsky.social•161 days ago

Bonus is that you can walk around in public with one and people think you just came from the sporting goods store

blakeyrat.bsky.social•43 days ago

I really wish hose full of lead pellets had put up a bigger fight

rowyourbot.bsky.social•43 days ago

Perhaps these things are connected? Perhaps the swatting capacity combined with urges to swat ties them both together!

juniorhoncho.bsky.social•43 days ago

i prefer to view it as an amazing accomplishment achieved by baseball bats, who are like, collectively a guy

rowyourbot.bsky.social•43 days ago

I have a metal baseball bat right next to my front door--it's been there for YEARS because someone inexplicably left it on the street in front of my house. And every once in a while I glance at it like 'Shit! You are so OMINOUS.'

rowyourbot.bsky.social•43 days ago

Also an option!

investigativerc.bsky.social•161 days ago

Remember to put a sock on it so the bad person can’t grab it out of your hands and they just get the sock!

drwalpurgisnacht.bsky.social•43 days ago

People overlook the cricket bat here. Those things have corners! They’re very heavy! 1-2 swings can take out anyone.

f1ngerless.bsky.social•43 days ago

every time i contemplate a cricket bat's use as a bludgeon, the first thing i think of is how weirdly balanced they are. it's like a sword that was bent sideways

dannythedeer.bsky.social•161 days ago

This is true, but it also makes me wonder if those wooden or rock clubs used by cavemen in cartoons and stuff were real or not. And if they were, did we base the design of the bat off of them

chronosschiron.bsky.social•161 days ago

ONCE long ago a cave fight happened and someone tossed a leg a lamb at someone whom grabbing his club swing and smack it clear across cave

and thus baseball was born

f1ngerless.bsky.social•43 days ago

the rock clubs absolutely existed, but funnily enough, the earliest examples are dated much later than the invention of spears

cyranic50.bsky.social•43 days ago

There should be a line of baseball bats called the Capone.

gannongannongannon.bsky.social•43 days ago

Possible counterpoint.
https://youtu.be/S3nuI4oEal0

gannongannongannon.bsky.social•43 days ago

“A man stands alone at the plate.”

dahoovster.bsky.social•43 days ago

Cricket bats? Please. The wind resistance alone is disqualifying. Good ol’ American maple for any intimidating bludgeon needs

changpowless.bsky.social•43 days ago

Turn it sideways

f1ngerless.bsky.social•43 days ago

like a sword bent the wrong way. quite unpleasant

towerskinworldwide.bsky.social•43 days ago

Baseball also gave the globe the baseball hat, can’t forget that, that’s nothing to sneeze at

suburbanninja.bsky.social•159 days ago

More likely to find a cricket bat or, dare I say it, a rounders bat, here in Blighty

stevemcilhatton.bsky.social•160 days ago

I wonder how a baseball bat would go in medieval combat recreations

f1ngerless.bsky.social•43 days ago

closest historical example i can think of is the kanabo, basically a purpose built nailbat. no wonder japan took to baseball so easily.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanab%C5%8D

andymb.bsky.social•161 days ago

I favour a wooden rolling pin

okalrightok.bsky.social•43 days ago

had a baseball bat in my car for many years for literal baseball purposes, left town and loaned my car to a friend, he sends me a text: “what’s up with the bat?”

uomotigre.bsky.social•160 days ago

Similarly interesting that the baseball hat has achieved similar accolades in the sporting and wider world's most famous hat

mrmambo.bsky.social•161 days ago

keep going with your origin story of batman, I like it better

michaelkuhl.bsky.social•43 days ago

The are the Swiss Army Knives of lumber.

shabbydude.bsky.social•43 days ago

Similar to the can of soup, which everyone knows for its simple and tasty meal provision, but true geniuses know it is also an easily-disguised projectile weapon.

soupcansteffans.bsky.social•43 days ago

Keep your hands off me

forceholy.bsky.social•43 days ago

Soup for my family

germsdean.bsky.social•43 days ago

Shillelagh fans seething and crying

alwayseating.bsky.social•161 days ago

I have a soft spot for small chairs. Lightweight and can use both arms for more force. But baseballs are goated.

hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•43 days ago

Baseball bats are like career kneecappers who sometimes get together and play a few games for the kiddies.

preisteicho.bsky.social•160 days ago

Here in Brazil we are not a baseball nation, so the most famous baseball bat is written "dialogue" on it when you need to "fix problems with dialogue"

ostrichson.bsky.social•161 days ago

I still think golf clubs can turn it around. They have the right stuff. They have the grit. They have the oomph. All they need is a sexy movie about sexy golf club murders.

spamps.bsky.social•161 days ago

You can't walk around in public with a driver without raising more eyebrows than if you had a bat I think

dayv.wtf•161 days ago

Yeah but it's really hard to pound rusty nails through a golf club, so the bat can retake the throne easily.

sraars.comrades.social•161 days ago

Or wrap barbwire around, set on fire, etc. Truly a versatile hunk of wood.

vladimirlenin.bsky.social•43 days ago

Dont have much experience with golf clubs but i feel like their tendency to bend and need for accuracy during use, drops them down to like a D tier in the bludgeoning weapon rankings

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply