Do not DIY: Explosive baseball bat hits a home run (almost) every time
Baseball is a boring sport. I’ve tried watching it numerous times on TV only to fall asleep after a single inning. I’ve had friends try to explain the basic premise of the game only for my eyes to glaze over as my mind wanders to more interesting topics. I even spent an entire Saturday sweating in the bleachers while ants in matching uniforms walked around a diamond. So very little happens each game that I’m surprised the commentators have anything to talk about. Maybe I’d find the sport more interesting if the players used modified bats with built-in explosive charges. That might keep me awake. In a recent video, YouTuber Stuff Made Here demonstrates how to engineer, fabricate and construct an explosive baseball bat. Please, don’t try this at home.
About the Author
Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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