ash
Ash or maple.
its stupid
Ash is a hard wood. Ash is the wood used to make base ball bats.
If you mean its wood, it's a very good shock-absorber used for axe and hammer handles, (historically) cart components such as frame parts and wheel spokes, and similar. Baseball bats too I gather from other correspondents! I don't know what is traditionally used in the bats for baseball's English ancestor, Rounders - ash or willow, the latter used for cricket bats.
it is usually ash as is found in ordinary stumps which don't spring back because most woods cannot withstand the force of a cricket ball striking them. However for spring back stumps which are purely models such as DT projects cheaper woods such as pine are acceptable but will be unable to withstand the force of a proper leather cricket ball.
no because ash has a closer grain then maple which makes it stronger
Ash is extremely hard, this is what baseball bats are made of.
Brown mixed ash
The Ashes Urn. (A small cup with ash in it). MiniGenius™
Brown mixed ash
The use of Ash Bats in the MLB are declining because of the relatively recent rise of the Maple Bat. Maple Bats have become extremely popular since Barry Bonds broke the single season home run record using a maple bat. Maple is a denser wood than Ash, so the Ash bats are more flexible and more likely to break than maple. Although maple bats are more expensive, they usually last quite a bit longer than Ash so the difference in cost usually isn't an issue.