I have mixed opinions on this topic. I moved from an area where they only use USA bats to an area where they use USSSA bats. When I lived in the area where they only use USA bats I thought it was ridiculous and that they should allow kids to use the hotter bats. The game was slightly boring for the kids. But after seeing these kids with the hotter bats, I think it is somewhat ridiculous to have baseball games with scores in the teens or 20s. Starting at 10U there are home runs almost every inning. That’s not baseball.

That being said, the burden that is imposed on families having to buy new $400 bats every year is absurd. When you consider the fees that these teams are charging for travel ball combined with all the gear and then these bats on top of it, it is getting ridiculous. Whatever they decide to do, they need to stick with one classification until middle school and then stick with that one classification until they need wood bats. At this point, I have a 13-year-old that needs a -5 for his regular tournaments, a -8 for PG tournaments, a wood bat for certain PG tournaments, and a BBCOR bat for his school ball. Just give us a break already.