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This includes all levels of baseball, although especially college. If someone would like to argue otherwise, let me know. The only way they would matter is if Major League Baseball used them, but that will never happen, so please get your $400-$500 pieces of junk that last maybe 25-30 games out of my face. Thanks.
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, PA
no one can tackle me, nobody on the football team. Everybody thought i was crazy for not playing. i guess its my fault.
You know how much of an advantage recruiters would have if in at least HS and college they were using wooden bats? Ive seen bad players get drafted high b/c they crush with metal bats, but they have such huge holes in their swings and are awful defensively so in 4 yrs they are working at Home Depot.
, OH
Do you get how much it would cost tho to have wooden bats all over college baseball the wood bats these days break like crazy the total amount of money would add up. Plus I like the sound they make when you hit the sweet spot of the bat with the ball.
No, it doesn't cost that much more, especially at the college level.
Even if that was a problem, we have perfectly good problem solvers such as these http://www.baumbat.com/ readily available. The only thing metal bats are good for is inflating egos and rewarding the hitter even when they don't hit the ball on the barrel.
Even if that was a problem, we have perfectly good problem solvers such as these http://www.baumbat.com/ readily available. The only thing metal bats are good for is inflating egos and rewarding the hitter even when they don't hit the ball on the barrel.
I never understood why they used them at the college level. That's for high school and below. I support it for the younger groups, but college is too old to continue using metal bats.
Why change the material of one of the main pieces of equipment at any age? No other sport does that.
T-ball? Coach pitch? Those kids won't even break a regular wood bat. Use composites for safety and economical reasons at all the other levels if you wish. I know someone who used a composite wood bat for three straight years in BP, practice and scrimmages before it finally started to splinter. Meanwhile he went through 5 metal bats in 60 or so games. So durability and pricing isn't a problem.
T-ball? Coach pitch? Those kids won't even break a regular wood bat. Use composites for safety and economical reasons at all the other levels if you wish. I know someone who used a composite wood bat for three straight years in BP, practice and scrimmages before it finally started to splinter. Meanwhile he went through 5 metal bats in 60 or so games. So durability and pricing isn't a problem.
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