College Bound

A fascinating piece in Peter Gammons' latest column on college baseball.

...what MLB needs to do is put life into college baseball, which has essentially become a white game. The Commissioner's Office should pony up funds to promote college baseball, help supply wooden bats and establish a scholarship incentive program for underprivileged kids. As it is now, colleges can't get the kids that go to football and basketball, because NCAA rules have left them with 11.7 scholarships for 30 players.

I think this is right on. I've always wondered why MLB didn't subsidize college programs with free bats and such. And with the Moneyball focus on college players and the difficulty in evaluating players with metal bats, this seems a simple and effective move to make.

That, and it would eliminate the PLINK you hear at the College World Series. I hate that sound.