The Federalist Engineer
06-28-2014, 03:18 PM
http://www.bigdawgbatrolling.com/frequent_bat_rolling_questions.htm
link to ESPN's show on the bat rolling industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW_G4Kai7l8
My boss was a catcher for Arizona as a college student in 90's. He played summer league with Freeman and Piatt. Said Freeman was a great guy and that Piatt was very good. He also had great things to say about Dubose. My boss is currently a senior executive for a major corporation and his Arizona teams never made a regional. Thus, he has no bitter memory against any other college, save Arizona State.
Interestingly, his summer-league team had an LSU assistant coach that pushed roids and other advantages. MSU guys played no part, but the LSU-coach basically credited LSU's success to the practice. When he said this, I asked about "Bianco", but he did not remember who the coach was. Further, I have no idea if Bianco was an LSU coach at this time or participated in summer league baseball.
I know this is just a cluster of circumstance, but I am definitely concerned that MSU is playing against competition with an edge. If you google "bat shaving and rolling" you will see this is already a small industry that is self-aware of the advantage their bats provide.
After my boss told me about this, I grew in admiration for Jon Harden's exploits against those juiced and enhanced LSU teams. I know we all sort of knew this, but it is interesting to here someone else confirm it.
link to ESPN's show on the bat rolling industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW_G4Kai7l8
My boss was a catcher for Arizona as a college student in 90's. He played summer league with Freeman and Piatt. Said Freeman was a great guy and that Piatt was very good. He also had great things to say about Dubose. My boss is currently a senior executive for a major corporation and his Arizona teams never made a regional. Thus, he has no bitter memory against any other college, save Arizona State.
Interestingly, his summer-league team had an LSU assistant coach that pushed roids and other advantages. MSU guys played no part, but the LSU-coach basically credited LSU's success to the practice. When he said this, I asked about "Bianco", but he did not remember who the coach was. Further, I have no idea if Bianco was an LSU coach at this time or participated in summer league baseball.
I know this is just a cluster of circumstance, but I am definitely concerned that MSU is playing against competition with an edge. If you google "bat shaving and rolling" you will see this is already a small industry that is self-aware of the advantage their bats provide.
After my boss told me about this, I grew in admiration for Jon Harden's exploits against those juiced and enhanced LSU teams. I know we all sort of knew this, but it is interesting to here someone else confirm it.