The Sarge

I'm about the biggest baseball fan I know and I can't watch it. It's boring and predictable. I would rather watch the Braves.

IMO, that is the reason something needs to be done in the very near future or the the prestige and "event" of the CWS will begin to decline. It has become such a huge revenue maker and the NCAA should take action to protect themselves in that regard. Over time, it could also decrease attendance at the individual schools as well if nothing is done. College baseball has become a much more popular sport and I would hate to see that trend reversed.

I agree too, and I used to watch EVERY CWS game. Most of the games, including our Arkansas game have been very boring.

I think this may hurt the popularity of the game. They made TDP waaaay too big, particularly with the new bats.

We also had 3 run bombs from Christian Walker that decided game 2 of our supers the 2 previous years. We also won the 1st game of the 22 in a row with a bunch of HR's vs. ASU. I'm not proposing going back to 15-12 games but it would be nice to see more than just pitching, defense, bunts and occasional 2 out hits in a few games.

They went way to far with the bats. I am not saying where they were 3 years ago was right either, but we could and should find the middle road. College ball is a great product, but would be better if we brought the "ping" back.

I'm not sure that argument holds too much water. Fresno State won for just the opposite reason. They were using (rolled) composite bats and won because they hit a ton of home runs. They were a 4 seed and they won the whole thing.

i can see both sides of this argument. personally, i enjoy the game as it is now. with respect to the bats, i think the metal bat should mirror the wooden bat - just don't see why the pro and college games should be so dramatically different.

Yay! False dilemma! 17-12 smash ball or 2-1 bunt-fest are the only options!

There is plenty of room for pitching and defense with slightly more offense. The old bats were bad because they almost completely removed huge elements of baseball from the results. The combination of the new bats with a cavernous park have almost removed an entirely different element of the game. Pitchers do not get punished for mistakes like they should, so the new park actually depresses the effect of strong pitching.

If the bats are exactly equal, you are still going to see a different game. The pros are generally mature men (your strength peaks at 25) who are much stronger than college players. And the pitchers generally throw harder. The result is that when solid contact is made with a wood bat, it goes a lot farther than it normally would in a college game.