Why aren’t wooden baseball and softball bats the same?
Apparently you can't use a wooden baseball bat to play softball, since the softball rules for a bat are different. Why do softball and baseball have different bat shapes to begin with, and what does whatever minor shape difference they have matter with a wooden bat?
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Softball barrels are bigger because the ball is bigger. This is the reason why you can’t use a wooden bat.
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The somewhat conical shape of a baseball bat caters more towards explosive contact. Hitting the ball hard, far, etc. Softball, being just a toned down version of baseball really, makes it more difficult to hit the ball violently by it’s size, and the fact that the bat is nearly perfectly cylindrical.
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I would think given the different sizes of the balls and the speeds that they travel to the bat, there is a major risk of the bats breaking if used in the alternate game they were designed for
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They have to be different because the balls are different. Just like softball gloves are different from baseball gloves.