I know it has been discussed before but the new bats have

[coach66]

really made the game better to me. It takes a true power hitter to go yard (we don't have any) but we have found a way to win playing the game the way it was played for many years; fun to watch in my opinion and much better for the pitchers. I like the direction we are headed and would like to see us add a little more power but the emphasis on pitching and defense works for me.</p>

 

[dawgoneyall]

to true baseball.

Now if we can only keep the dumb asses from controlling the game. That might be difficult.

 

[Big Sheep81]

more fun to watch when you understand a little about the way the game used to be played. Hit and run, bunts, aggressive base running, pitching strategy, and having to really play defense and not just chase balls to the wall makes it all better. Home run derbys are fine on occasion, but making teams work on something besides BP is a great thing for the game. That's why we are going to see more guys like Pollo playing college ball.

 

[ckDOG]

There's nothing worse than seeing a HR hit off the handle or resulting from something that looks more like a check-swing. I like seeing a HR as much as the next guy, but as long as it's from a good swing. College baseball was ridiculous for a while there.

If you can't watch baseball because there's not enough run production, find another sport that your attention span can handle.

 

[KingBarkus]

whining about the adjustments in recruiting necessary to compete in today's NCAA baseball world. Lsu will need to recruit
more pitchers to adjust to the bats as pitching and defense have become priorities. The lsu recruiting coordinator/pitching coach
"resigned". Manieri claimed it was the most disappointed he has been in 29 years of coaching (lsu left out of the postseason).

The season just keep getting better and better.

 

[RebelBruiser]

The game is still played the exact same way. The team with the best pitching, defense, and hitting wins whether you're playing with wood bats, aluminum bats, or fungo bats.

If a team is a slugging team that can score 10 runs with dead bats, then that team would just score 20 with lively bats.

I think coaches are overplaying it.

You may not be able to rely on the homerun so much, and you may have to play in lower scoring games, but if you recruit and teach good hitting and you recruit and teach good pitching and defense, you'll win no matter what bats they put out there.

The one thing it might do is it might encourage even more pitchers to consider playing college ball rather than jumping to the pros, but that's really it.

 

[HireCohen]

will only improve. Bat companies will make adjustments to the new regulations, but I know we will never see a Brandon Larson-type season again. Bats obviously had much more "pop" in the mid 90's and were lighter.I really think we will see the best of college baseball in the years to come.

 

[dogfan96]

now you actually have to be able to hit a little bit.. before you just had to be able to make contact.. there's a difference

 

[Todd4State]

We are still building to a degree- I think we will have more power in the future and better pitching as well. Although, if we pitch like we did in this regional, I certainly won't complain.

Having Wes Rea and Corey Dickerson would have totally changed our team offensively from a power standpoint- but it is what it is.

Manieri is not going to be able to outslug people and ride two-three pitchers anymore until theirs arms fall off.