Could you hit today’s fastball with a 54 ounce bat?

[Frank A]

I always carried an Al Kaline bat in the trunk of my car. One day while out of town I passed a batting cage place. Whipped my car right in there. Got out and went to the trunk to get the bat. paid for the cage time and stepped in. I thought this will be fun. The first pitch hit the back fence before I even knew what happened. I thought, OK, now I have to get after it. Next pitch, swing and a miss, and again, and again. Finally, I fouled one off. Then another. No balls left. I got out of the cage and asked the guy how fast those pitches were. He told me 90 MPH. He said he saw me getting the bat out of the trunk and thought this guy can probably hit good. That was about 25 years ago. Now there's no way I can even swing a bat, let alone hit a fast ball.