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re: Does it make you feel any better to know
Posted on 6/26/13 at 9:20 am to Zamoro10
Posted on 6/26/13 at 9:20 am to Zamoro10
its not just the bats, they use a completely duff ball as well. diesnt make sense.... ok make the bats simulate wood bats, then why the hell not make the ball simulate a pro ball? just doesnt make sense to me.
Posted on 6/26/13 at 9:21 am to tigerfan in bamaland
UCLA had been there before and built their team to win there. We had no idea because the past few teams couldn't make it to Omaha.
Posted on 6/26/13 at 10:04 am to OldAlexBox
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How is the current college game dissimilar
I should narrow my point down a bit in order to make it more valid. Let me say that the new field in Omaha for the College World Series brings elements to the game at that level that appear, to my eye, to be very different from professional baseball.
How? It's the "small ball" aspect of the new field. The trend in Major League Baseball is to build small bandboxes. So, what do they do in Omaha? They build the opposite of a bandbox.
So, it seems to me that the NCAA's baseball game at the highest level, is very much unlike what they play in MLB.
Posted on 6/26/13 at 10:08 am to Zamoro10
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Players need to get used to that...how bats perform like wood bats for professional baseball.
Do these new college bats really perform like wooden bats? I did not know this. I thought that these new bats were a more "dead" than wooden bats.
If the new bats are very close to performing like wood (except for breaking), then, the NCAA is on the right track.
If what you say is true, then, I have to point to the size of the new Omaha stadium as the problem -- it is gigantic at a time when MLB is building band boxes.
Posted on 6/26/13 at 10:41 am to Champagne
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Do these new college bats really perform like wooden bats? I did not know this. I thought that these new bats were a more "dead" than wooden bats.
If the new bats are very close to performing like wood (except for breaking), then, the NCAA is on the right track.
If what you say is true, then, I have to point to the size of the new Omaha stadium as the problem -- it is gigantic at a time when MLB is building band boxes.
I have no problem with the bats performing like wooden bats. The problem is that the ball used by major league baseball is more tightly wound and thus travels further when struck by a wooden bat. The balls used in college baseball are not wound as tightly and when coupled with the dead bats, you have hits that would have been homeruns in MLB that are long flyballs in college baseball. That is the problem.
Posted on 6/26/13 at 11:52 am to LSUnowhas2
I don't have a problem with the new bats performing just like wooden bats, and, I agree with you that the ball used in the minor leagues should be used in college.
The college game should strive to be as similar as possible to Minor League "A" professional baseball. I understand that the use of wooden bats in college is cost prohibitive, so, make the new bats perform like wooden, use the minor league ball, and, play your College World Series in a venue that is similar to what you see in MLB and minor leagues.
So, I think you and I agree.
The college game should strive to be as similar as possible to Minor League "A" professional baseball. I understand that the use of wooden bats in college is cost prohibitive, so, make the new bats perform like wooden, use the minor league ball, and, play your College World Series in a venue that is similar to what you see in MLB and minor leagues.
So, I think you and I agree.
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