That's the slam on college baseball players, they're using composite bats which artificially elevate their batting performances.........They need to go back to wood and that will separate the player wannabe's from the will be's..........
I’m a 50 year old dinosaur, and don’t follow bat technology because all I have ever used is wood. I played in a Men’s Softball league a few years ago.
I can still hit a league baseball but I was not used to slow softball pitching with arc. Anyway, I finally got the hang of it but I was blown away how some guys were hitting their balls out of the park or deep.
I thought to myself that I’m stronger and a better hitter than the guys we were playing against, but they were creaming the ball.
I found out at the end of the season by a guy on another team that almost all the teams have these $200 or $300 softball bats that just allow you to murder the ball. He said the old 20 year old aluminum bats our church team was using were ancient.
I also learned how bats in our little league are “goosed”. My son played a team this summer and their kids were hitting real well. Turns out their coach is a travelling team coach and his kids were ALL using a larger diameter bat.
Had no idea there was such a thing. I bought my son a new old stock wood Don Mattingly 29” Louisville bat off ebay recently to compliment his Easton Aluminum normal diameter bat. I would be the happiest dad in the world if I can get him to hit ropes with his wood next year.