re: Do we finally have the death of small ball?

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LSU baseball can afford nice wooden bats and to replace them.

Small budget, small school teams cannot. That has always been the claim.

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This makes more sense. I'm sure it's the same reason for the ban on helmet radios for QB's. That said, I'd still like to hang a number on the cost of replacing cheaper wooden bats vs. more expensive metal bats that never break. At what rate do wooden bats break? What's the shelf life of an average wooden bat? I remain skeptical on the net cost vs. budgets - even for smaller schools. It still seems like a drop in the bucket.