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Whittle-Rawlings question

  • I apologize if this has been brought up before. However, I was curious to know about our contract with Rawlings.

    I know all of the bats are supposed to be the same but it is rather obvious they are not. Either in person or on television I saw 35 of our games this year. (Curious as to your thoughts since you saw about all of them) I don't know the physics of it and I don't know how to explain it but I think we are hitting with an inferior product. I expressed my thoughts to several friends of mine who are D1 coaches and MLB scouts and to a man they felt the same way.

    I know TD Ameritrade had a lot to do with the lack of pop this week, but I'm not talking about this week. I'm speaking of the whole year.

    Just curious to know your thoughts and if we have the option of shopping around before next year.

    Sam Colt

  • Sam Colt said...

    I apologize if this has been brought up before. However, I was curious to know about our contract with Rawlings.

    I know all of the bats are supposed to be the same but it is rather obvious they are not. Either in person or on television I saw 35 of our games this year. (Curious as to your thoughts since you saw about all of them) I don't know the physics of it and I don't know how to explain it but I think we are hitting with an inferior product. I expressed my thoughts to several friends of mine who are D1 coaches and MLB scouts and to a man they felt the same way.

    I know TD Ameritrade had a lot to do with the lack of pop this week, but I'm not talking about this week. I'm speaking of the whole year.

    Just curious to know your thoughts and if we have the option of shopping around before next year.

    That's something I'll ask questions about this summer. I was told USC is on a three year deal with Rawlings and USC just finished the second year.

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    John Whittle

  • Thanks. I appreciate all the hard work this year. Great job.

    Sam Colt

  • I'm pretty sure there is some sort of performance clause if we feel their product is inferior. From what I saw in the CWS and regionals, TPX seemed to be to hottest bats. Demarini and Easton seemed to be about the same and Rawlings was a distant last.

    Blitzer