Skip on TV Last NIte Re the New Ball, etc

He was on Rantz's show for about an hour last nite, and he covered a wide variety of subjects, one of which was the new ball coming into use next yr. In response to Rantz's question about its possible effects on the game, Skip just shrugged his shoulders and said "Meh". Implication being he doesn't see much change coming. He completely blames the bats & does not see any changes coming anytime soon. He commented that UCLA winning the CWS with a .250 BA was "bad for college baseball" and that the NCAA HAS to bring in the fences in Omaha: adding that when a college left fielder is playing only a few yards behind the short stop, i.e. that shallow, that tells you something is wrong with the game. He said Nola is the best "pitcher" he's seen in his days at LSU & that he would be successful, i.e. make the big leagues, regardless of the era."Bregman is a Russ Johhnson clone"; "Buggs can be something special"; "Dunn is by far the best colllege pitching coach he's ever seen." Skip is getting old but he still knows his baseball, especially the technical aspects of it.