FanInAZ
06-25-2011, 07:16 AM
When the NCAA mandated that metal bats perform more like wood bats in college baseball this season, what happened Friday afternoon at the College World Series may not have been what it had in mind.
During the eighth inning of the Florida-Vanderbilt game, Gators sophomore catcher Mike Zunino snapped his bat while fouling off an inside pitch. Yes, that's right — his metal bat broke. Just like a wood one would've. Except there was no splintering, no shards. The barrel of Zunino's bat just snapped clean off the handle.
See the break for yourself:
:shocked: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Sawed-off-University-of-Florida-hitter-breaks-m?urn=mlb-wp10621 :shocked:
During the eighth inning of the Florida-Vanderbilt game, Gators sophomore catcher Mike Zunino snapped his bat while fouling off an inside pitch. Yes, that's right — his metal bat broke. Just like a wood one would've. Except there was no splintering, no shards. The barrel of Zunino's bat just snapped clean off the handle.
See the break for yourself:
:shocked: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Sawed-off-University-of-Florida-hitter-breaks-m?urn=mlb-wp10621 :shocked: