1.   Although major league players still use traditional wooden bats, most amateur athletes have switched to aluminum bats because they are cheaper and more durable.

2.   And the adjustment from an aluminum to wooden bat can be difficult.

3.   Before taking batting practice the pitchers gently swing a weighted wooden bat that has half the top portion chopped off.

4.   - College baseball will continue to be a national sports joke until its stewards decide to go back to wooden bats.

5.   A wooden bat must be solid, and therefore the weight is usually contained in the barrel.

6.   But he was quick to point out his line drive would have struck Sanchez even if he was using a wooden bat.

7.   For a while it seemed as if the defending national champions had traded in the wooden bats they used on Friday for wooden gloves in this one.

8.   His lack of experience with wooden bats was one concern.

9.   In August, the NCAA plans to announce the findings of a research panel commissioned to study the effects of aluminum and wooden bats.

10.   It cost big companies too much to make wooden bats for a few choosey customers.