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re: Tennessee vs Tennessee Tech be to played with wood bats tomorrow.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:08 am to Murph4HOF
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:08 am to Murph4HOF
Tons of HS and college baseball coaches that encourage their players to train and play with wood bats in the offseason. It makes you stronger and quickens your hand speed through the zone
This post was edited on 4/11/22 at 11:10 am
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Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:10 am to GamecockUltimate
Dont be a follower. Be a leader and don’t worry about what others do. It’s ok to enjoy something and have your own thoughts.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:10 am to VolMarine1371
Just enjoy your team man
Who gives a frick what the rant thinks
Who gives a frick what the rant thinks
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:10 am to CNB
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I didn't even know that was an option
Neither did I. I thought the NCAA had deemed wood bats a safety hazard or something years ago. I will definitely tune in.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:11 am to psk_Vol
If we hit 1 home run everyone will swear up and done they are corked
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:11 am to Smokeyone
Band Box
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:13 am to CNB
I agree.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:13 am to psk_Vol
quote:Without a doubt. We weren't ready for it in 7th grade. I think we brought like 5 wood bats with us up there for the game and we couldn't even get some practice in with them before the road trip because coach was having such a difficult time trying to source them.
Tons of HS and college baseball coaches that encourage their players to train and play with wood bats in the offseason. It makes you stronger and quickens your hand speed through the zone
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:16 am to CNB
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I didn't even know that was an option
We did it in a one-off 100 year anniversary game against Tulane back in 1993, but it's obviously very uncommon to see
Best I could find was a facebook post about it
https://m.facebook.com/lsubaseball/photos/27-years-ago-on-this-date-april-26-1993lsu-defeats-tulane-5-2-in-the-first-ever-/3872149102825728/
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27 Years Ago On This Date: April 26, 1993
LSU defeats Tulane, 5-2, in the first-ever “Turn Back the Clock” game at The Box. The teams wear early 20th-century replica uniforms and use wooden bats to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the LSU Baseball program. #GeauxTigers
This post was edited on 4/11/22 at 11:21 am
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:28 am to FiddleHead
Wooden bats are the only way baseball can be played.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:31 am to Solo Cam
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Very jealous. If LSU did something like that I would 100% take my son to that
LSU did a turn back the clock game vs Tulane when Skip was the coach, they used wooden bats and had uniforms from the 19th centaury, sold hot dogs for a quarter
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:33 am to VolMarine1371
See you this weekend!
signed...Bama.
signed...Bama.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:34 am to V4L85
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Lifelong Vols fan here. We’ve got some posters here that just make me cringe.
Every fan base has bottom feeders.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:47 am to TigerintheNO
quote:So 20+ years ago and you still remember it?
LSU did a turn back the clock game vs Tulane when Skip was the coach, they used wooden bats and had uniforms from the 19th centaury, sold hot dogs for a quarter
Yep, very jealous
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:51 am to GamecockUltimate
The are legit unbearable.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:53 am to FiddleHead
I think all college games should use wood bats. It's not cost prohibitive. Might end up saving a pitchers life also.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 11:53 am to footswitch
I’ll be at the game Saturday and Sunday if you wanna come see me.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 12:05 pm to Auburn80
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It's not cost prohibitive.
It is cost prohibitive, which is one of the main reasons why college still uses metal bats. There are 299 division 1 baseball teams. The vast majority of those programs don't have the athletic budget of an SEC program. A good wooden bat runs arounds $150-200. You're going to go through at least a couple dozen of those per player, per season. A good metal bat runs around $400-500. Some players will use the same bat their entire career. There's a huge disparity in costs, and for a non-revenue sport like baseball is for 99.99% of college programs, a lot of those programs can't afford to add another hundred grand or more to the budget for bats.
This post was edited on 4/11/22 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 4/11/22 at 12:30 pm to Smokeyone
That seems like a small field for a Double A team. Also, it's interesting the Smokies play on Bermuda grass. I wonder why it's not an option at LNS.
Posted on 4/11/22 at 12:52 pm to V4L85
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Lifelong Vols fan here. We’ve got some posters here that just make me cringe.
Same. I've just given up on trying to get them to shut up or, in what is possibly an even more fruitless endeavor, trying to convince the rest of the board to not lump us all in with them.
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