College HR Derby

[RotoRiot]

That was a blast to witness! The NCAA definitely needs to bring back the old bats. 128 HR's hit tonight!

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

That was a blast to witness! The NCAA definitely needs to bring back the old bats. 128 HR's hit tonight!

Please explain "old bat". Wooden bats ?? I miss cracking sound in old fashion bats. Right now only MLB and minors bats.

 

[Omaha-Husker]

I think that says a lot about the bats being way to dull than it does the stadium being too big. Those guys were killing it with the old bats.

 

[RotoRiot]

pre-2011 bats, before they were dulled down

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

The belief was that the juiced bats of the 1990s had compromised the integrity of college baseball and posed safety concerns. Over the next decade, steps were taken to reduce the power potential of the metal bats, and the specifications implemented in 2011 were emasculating.

"We went too far the other way. Everybody knows that, and everybody agrees with that. And now we're stuck with it," Gillespie said, "because the manufacturers have made these bats and they have a large inventory. It's a nightmare."

According to the NCAA's midseason statistical trend report, the Division I batting average of .268 and per-team scoring of 5.14 runs a game were lowest since the wooden-bat era of 1973. The per-team home-run average of 0.36 a game was lowest since at least 1969.

http://bostonherald.com/sports/college/college_baseball/2014/06/mike_gillespie_bat_changes_too_drastic_game_suffers

Bring back the 90s bats please.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

pre-2011 bats, before they were dulled down

Physically, what's the difference between pre-2011 and present day bats? Practically none? Very easy to sneak pre-2011 bats instead of dulled bats (cheater a.l.a. cork) ?? Just wondering.

 

[Ratt Mhule]

pre-2011 bats, before they were dulled down

Physically, what's the difference between pre-2011 and present day bats? Practically none? Very easy to sneak pre-2011 bats instead of dulled bats (cheater a.l.a. cork) ?? Just wondering.

The bats used now are composite bats. It reduces the exit speed of the ball when hit. Old bats were aluminum. Ball came off bat extremely fast, which caused safety issues. Little league now uses composite bats also. If a little league bat does not have a USSSA stamp on it, the player gets thrown out of the game.

No way to cheat. Aluminum bats make the "ping" sound when the ball is hit. You can definitely tell the difference.

 

[RotoRiot]

The bats get inspected before each game so there us no way to use the old bats. Hearing the "ping" last night again was awesome!