| In the mid 1850s, when baseball was in its infancy, | | | | faster pace. Colleges still prefer the aluminum bats |
| players made their own bats. They experimented | | | | due to their durability, their cost effectiveness, |
| with flat bats, round bats, and heavy bats. They | | | | and their lightweight swinging power. |
| ultimately discovered that the barrel shaped bat | | | | College players can pay as little as $50 for a used |
| was the most effective. Today, college baseball | | | | bat or up to several hundreds of dollars for |
| bats have taken this technology to a new, | | | | ultra-light, specialized alloy bats. College players |
| powerful level upon the introduction of aluminum | | | | usually have a good feel for what kind of bat |
| bats in the mid 1970s. Too many wooden bats | | | | they need. They should consider personal height in |
| were being broken, so due to budget crunches | | | | relation to the length of the bat, and of course |
| suffered by many college athletic programs, | | | | barrel size and weight. One advantage of current |
| collegiate baseball made the switch from wood to | | | | college baseball bats is that the batter can |
| aluminum bats. This sparked a debate that rages | | | | capitalize on the inside edge of the strike zone. So |
| today. | | | | when a pitcher is trying to jam the batter, a base |
| Many purists want to do away with the high tech | | | | hit can be ripped out with a good aluminum bat. |
| aluminum/alloy bats and return to the days where | | | | College baseball bats are available online, in sporting |
| they claim hitters had to be much better in order | | | | goods stores, and at used equipment outlets. |
| to rack up those high batting averages. On the | | | | Always ask the coach for guidance, and test bats |
| other hand, a many people believe that the | | | | for free at a batting cage so that you may more |
| aluminum college baseball bats elevate the game | | | | effectively judge the bat's power and fit before |
| to an exciting level, with more home runs and a | | | | making your selection. |