So, what are college baseball bats made from these days?

[Bob Of Burleson]

The column never tells us.


TCU pitchers have cracked the new bat code

By Gil LeBreton
glebreton@star-telegram.com

In 1974, the first aluminum bats were introduced to college baseball. And a loud, tradition-shattering ping was heard throughout the sport.

In 2011, citing safety concerns, the NCAA rules committee removed whatever fun was left in the college bat.

And most coaches haven’t stopped cussing under their breaths since.

TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle made no secret of his disdain for the new BBCOR bat. By dampening the “trampoline effect” of the old bats — Schlossnagle argued — the rules makers had made college baseball an entirely different game.

The numbers upheld the coaches’ argument. In 2010, the year that the TCU Horned Frogs went to the College World Series, there were 32 home runs hit in Omaha.

In last year’s College World Series, there were only three. UCLA dinked, dunked and pitched its way to the NCAA championship with an 0.80 team ERA — and a slugging percentage on offense of .193.

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