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FWST: New NCAA bat standards have pitchers gaining the upper hand
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
You hear that sound? It's the familiar ping of a metal bat striking a baseball perfectly for a home run or line-drive double in the gap.
TCU slugger Jason Coats is used to hearing it. Only this year, the sound has often been followed by a long flyout instead of a homer.
Coats, who led the Frogs' in batting and RBIs in 2010, is a poster boy for college baseball's season of change.
The NCAA established new bat standards that drastically reduce a batted ball's exit speed. The result is a bat that performs more like a wooden one. ...
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
You hear that sound? It's the familiar ping of a metal bat striking a baseball perfectly for a home run or line-drive double in the gap.
TCU slugger Jason Coats is used to hearing it. Only this year, the sound has often been followed by a long flyout instead of a homer.
Coats, who led the Frogs' in batting and RBIs in 2010, is a poster boy for college baseball's season of change.
The NCAA established new bat standards that drastically reduce a batted ball's exit speed. The result is a bat that performs more like a wooden one. ...
