Topic: WV Metro News: Herd adjusting to new game

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By Dave Wilson in Marshall Sports

When Jeff Waggoner took over as the head baseball coach at Marshall University college baseball was a power hitter’s game.  Teams could compensate for mistakes and lackluster pitching with two or three-run homers that eventually would come, making up for leaving men on base or giving up a lead off walk that eventually came around to score.

Not so anymore.

Starting in 2011 college baseball mandated the new BBCOR bats, metal bats that react like the wooden bats used by professionals. The results were dramatic.  Batting averages came down, power numbers dropped, runs scored fell and coaches found themselves once again teaching the fundamentals of the game.

It’s been a change Waggoner has liked.

Link: http://wvmetronews.com/herd-adjusting-to-new-game/