While I doubt many of the kids in that tournament were using pro-model wood bats, the dead sound that you heard had very little — if anything — to do with the actual bat quality.

Some experts believe that balls come off metal bats about 5 miles per hour faster than off wood bats. That may not sound like a lot, but in the world of baseball, 5 mph is huge.

C ollege baseball fans will hear a rare sound this weekend in the Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball championship series in Henderson - the crack of wooden bats. As reported in Thursday's ...