LSU, UNC thriving in college baseball’s new era of less power (Article Inside)

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LSU, North Carolina thriving in college baseball’s new era of less power
Byline: The Associated Press
Updated date: Last Updated - April 25, 2013 2:40

It’s been three years since college baseball zapped the power from its metal bats, causing the once ubiquitous slugfests to largely disappear. Nobody has adjusted better than North Carolina and LSU.

"We probably don’t have the best offense in the country or the best pitching,” Mainieri said. ”But we do play some great defense and when you put everything together, we’ve got something special.”

Mainieri pointed out that his Tigers started out 32-6 in 2010, but a cold streak in May nearly kept the program out of the NCAA tournament. ”We’re flattered with all the attention so far this season, but they don’t hand out any trophies in April.”

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