Comments on: CBB Roundtable on 2009 Rule Changes

By: Brian Foley

Brian Foley — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:24:23 +0000

OldSchool, the game I am speaking about was a Northeast-10 game which is a wood bat conference. So all conference games are played with Wood bats and then they play with Metal bats during the NCAA tourney.

I go back and forth on it. I also saw a game between Assumption and Franklin Pierce which is also Northeast 10. Franklin Pierce was smacking the ball all over the field but Assumption couldn’t get the ball out of the infield.

By: Donald J. Boyles

Donald J. Boyles — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:07:26 +0000

Old School,

Brian and I had this very conversation. I enjoy a low scoring Pitchers Duel where it will take a sac hit or bun to score the only run or winning run. To me that is Baseball!

By: OldSchool

OldSchool — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:08:47 +0000

I think you may have missed the point. I am sure HardNosed was referring to using wood bats on an everyday basis, which would teach kids how to hit with them. The fact that you saw them used for one game and they couldn’t produce verifies his point. I personally find it annoying when a ballplayer hits a routine fly ball that goes over the fence, producing a 17 run game. Some of the best baseball games I have ever seen were low scoring games, so I cannot relate to your comment that the game was boring. But it does bring to mind that age old saying, “people that find baseball boring don’t understand it”.

By: Brian Foley

Brian Foley — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:36:35 +0000

More enjoyable…really? Have you ever seen a Wood Bat game with Collegiate players? It is some of the worst college baseball I have seen.

I ended up seeing a Top 25 matchup in Division 2 which is comparable to some low level to mid-level Division 1 baseball and the game was an absolute bore with the only run coming in on a ground ball through a hole and zero extra base hits in the game.

I saw these same teams play a 10-7 game with Metal bats during the NCAA Tourney.

By: HardNosed

HardNosed — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:30:17 +0000

In Rule 1-12-b-PENALTY for a. and b – The small comment about how all metal bats should be illegal.
– Why isn’t college baseball all wooden bats? Everyone of those kids are prospects and some are looking to play pro ball. Anyone who knows baseball understands how different it is to use a wooden bat compared to a metal bat. Using metal bats will only make the kid that peaked out in little league look like a division 1 ball player. Also for the pro prospects, it would give scouts a truer knowledge of each player, and let the game be more enjoyable.