re: I love the new bats in college baseball but come on

Thee is a misconception that homeruns were the problem with the old bats, which is not true - Texas leaguer's off the fist were the issue.

NCAA only has the top 35 teams for any given stat pre-2001, so using that ( ~13% of the D1 teams ) and comparing to 2013 and the top 4 MLB teams, you can see the numbers easily:

1997 ( height of HR for LSU ):
Top 35 Team BA: 0.365 to 0.330
Top 35 Team R/G: 10.71 to 8.5
Top 35 Team 2B/G: 3.08 to 2.31
Top 35 Team 3B/G: 0.64 to 0.40
Top 35 Team HR/G; 2.69 to 1.36

2013:
Top 35 Team BA: 0.334 to 0.298
Top 35 Team R/G: 8.3 to 6.5
Top 35 Team 2B/G: 2.53 to 1.97
Top 35 Team 3B/G: 0.64 to 0.34
Top 35 Team HR/G; 1.20 to 0.70

MLB top 4:
Team BA: 0.281 to 0.272
Team R/G: 5.11 to 4.82
Team 2B/G: 2.18 to 2.01
Team 3B/G: 0.43 to 0.25
Team HR/G; 1.31 to 1.24


First thing to note is that the talent spread in the MLB is a LOT more equal than in college - case in point, MLB all team average HR/G is 1 while 2013 NCAA is 0.421.

Triples doubles are almost a wash all around, but scoring, and batting average stand out in 1997 vs MLB. You might say HRs do too, but note that at #35, you are already at 1.36 vs 1.24 for MLB; considering the talent spread in college ball, this seems a lot more in line than only 5 teams averaging 1+ HR/G out of 296, which is what we have in 2013.

College baseball needs a bat with the sweet spot like 1997 and a barrel toward the fist with even less pop than today to simulate the broken bat hits of MLB.