TWmccoy
3DX Connoisseur
Played a tourny here in CO yesterday. It wasn't really hot, but it wasn't cold either. Wind was blowing out hard at times. Most teams used hard core Pro Ms.
It became evident early that the team with the best bat control would win the tourny. Never in my life have I seen so many DBOs and long HRs on absolutely pathetic swings. I saw multiple 400'+ HRs on fluffy, mis hit flyballs. After a while it became a "chop fest" of guys trying to slap the ball into the ground to keep it in the yard.
In C we got 5 HRs, and probably averaged 6 DBO on top of that per game. Other teams were faring no better. A D team on an adjacent field hit their 3 HRs in the 1st inning, then hit 6 inning ending DBOs (they lost, shocker).
Honestly, unless you're on a full sized baseball field in hot/humid conditions the hard core is just WAY too much ball. It's sucking the fun out of the game. I also saw some teams hitting middle hard to try to keep the ball in as well. Eventually a pitcher's going to get smashed with one of these balls and be seriously hurt or killed.
The bats AND balls in USSSA are WAAAYYY too hot right now.
It became evident early that the team with the best bat control would win the tourny. Never in my life have I seen so many DBOs and long HRs on absolutely pathetic swings. I saw multiple 400'+ HRs on fluffy, mis hit flyballs. After a while it became a "chop fest" of guys trying to slap the ball into the ground to keep it in the yard.
In C we got 5 HRs, and probably averaged 6 DBO on top of that per game. Other teams were faring no better. A D team on an adjacent field hit their 3 HRs in the 1st inning, then hit 6 inning ending DBOs (they lost, shocker).
Honestly, unless you're on a full sized baseball field in hot/humid conditions the hard core is just WAY too much ball. It's sucking the fun out of the game. I also saw some teams hitting middle hard to try to keep the ball in as well. Eventually a pitcher's going to get smashed with one of these balls and be seriously hurt or killed.
The bats AND balls in USSSA are WAAAYYY too hot right now.