Good Sport Science video on switching to the MLB baseball

Clemson coach is pushing hard for this to be in play next season, has 58 of 60 coaches approval thus far.

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I heard during one of the super regionals it was being talked about

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I hope it becomes a reality sooner rather than later.
I don't want gorilla ball to come back, but just a little more pop.

Yeah, not gonna see it for another year or two though.

Have you heard that from somewhere? All the coverage on it indicates they will fast-track the ball change.

Aaron Fitt said it's still going to be another year or two before we see it in play back a few months ago in one of his chats.

And that was the fast track he said.

Weaker baseball, MLB average homerun travels 396 feet, same statistics applied to college baseball it travels 376 feet.

Too much, hence the change coming.

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I suppose it counteracts the metal bats?

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The "metal bats" have the same ball-exit speed as wood bats. They are not more powerful anymore. So basically college hitters are at a bigger disadvantage than MLB hitters in power. There's debate on the sweet spot with BBCOR bats vs. wood but generally it seems to be the BBCOR still is a little more forgiving than a wood bat (once again though, doesnt have more power).

Maybe I'm a dumbass but I had no idea the balls were different between the two. And I watch a ton of MLB

Thanks for posting