And some of our guys use them. But they're also the guys who are in the weight room every day. When I came to LSU, I never lifted weights. Then in my sophomore year, we all started lifting. Now, we're going through the same workouts that our football players are.
Size is a factor.
Furniss said he would not be in favor of seeing college teams go back to using wooden bats. People come out to see us hit home runs. They want to see action. The irony of LSU's victory over USC is that the final outcome in the home-run derby contest was decided on a hit that barely made it out of the infield. Trey McClure flared a single into center field to drive in two eighth-inning runs that provided the difference.