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re: Am I the only one that thinks college baseball ain't what it was!!
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:02 pm to LSURussian
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:02 pm to LSURussian
quote:Moving the fences in would increase homeruns a little, but it would be offset somewhat by decreasing the area the outfielders have to cover, which would lead to more fly ball outs, and fewer extra base hits. As exciting as a walk off homer is, a double that scores the winning run from first is probably more exciting. You can have both more home runs, and room for extra base hits, if you change the wind patterns.
Or, just move the fences in
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:26 pm to twk
No, you are not the only one. College baseball is on a downward trend and the dead bats and balls are to blame. Some will argue that the pitching is better well its not.......when a pitcher makes a mistake now a days its usually a flyout to the warning track. Pitchers can make a lot more mistakes now a days then they could in the 90s.
I have a 14 year old son who plays a lot of travel ball. When they were 12 and 13 playing USSSA ball and allowed to use the -5 bats the games were a lot more exciting for the fans and players. Now at 14 they playing in Perfect Game tournaments and only allowed to use BBCOR bats and HRs have dropped way off while playing at the same ball parks. It definitely is a different game being played with the different bats and whomever thinks it makes the college game more realistic to the pro game is crazy because every pro team I watch has at least 8 hitters in the line up that can hit a long ball at any given time in the game while most college teams have maybe 4 or 5 in their line up that will hit 5 HRs for the entire season!!
High School teams don't even know what HRs are any more!!
I have a 14 year old son who plays a lot of travel ball. When they were 12 and 13 playing USSSA ball and allowed to use the -5 bats the games were a lot more exciting for the fans and players. Now at 14 they playing in Perfect Game tournaments and only allowed to use BBCOR bats and HRs have dropped way off while playing at the same ball parks. It definitely is a different game being played with the different bats and whomever thinks it makes the college game more realistic to the pro game is crazy because every pro team I watch has at least 8 hitters in the line up that can hit a long ball at any given time in the game while most college teams have maybe 4 or 5 in their line up that will hit 5 HRs for the entire season!!
High School teams don't even know what HRs are any more!!
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