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Thursday, February 9th, 2012They’re going back to wood bats in New Mexico high school baseball for the 2012 season – a move that results in a shift baseball strategy and tactics.
They’re going back to wood bats in New Mexico high school baseball for the 2012 season – a move that results in a shift baseball strategy and tactics.
One thing may be standing in the way of the resurgence of wood baseball bats: a wood boring beetle that’s devouring ash forests in New York state.
But the USDA has a plan to combat this ash-eating invader – they are fighting bugs with bugs.
Unless we get this beetle under control, maybe we’ll all be switching to aluminum bats!
We’ve been hearing the drum beats of change these past few years as the game of baseball has gone back to basics with its embrace of wood bats.
In the name of safety or fairness or the purity of the game, the result is the same: here’s an interesting article on some of the ways that wood bats are changing the way we play the game.
We’d love to hear what you think about what the trend towards wood bats means for the players and the game.
American Legion baseball in Rhode Island is going to all wood bats; Â here’s a good article about the change and what it means to all involved.
What do you think about the move to wood bats? Please visit our forum and share your opinions.
Interesting first-person piece extolling the virtues of wood bats.
The writer does a pretty good breakdown of the shift to wood bats in leagues across the country and takes a look ahead to what’s on the horizon in the evolution of bats.