Baseball Alumni Game?

Do the pros have to hit with wooden bats?

We use to play an alumni game under Skip, and Smoke, but it was discontinued when P.M. became coach. There was also one exhibition game that we played a college team from Japan. They used wooden bats and we used aluminum. Schedule says we beat them 10-7 in 1999. We must have played anotherJapanese team at some point, because I remember us losing one game something like 5-3 to one of them.

ETA: my original post said the 1999 Jap team were pros, but it was a university team (Meiji University)

There were two games played on alumni Saturday; One between the current team and Bertman era alumni, preceeded by another for pre-Bertman era alumni amongst themselves. The current team used current college bats and the alumni used wood most of the time. I remember Todd Walker switching to a composite bat during one game. I really enjoyed those Saturdays at the old Box. I wish they would consider bringing them back.