MLB fans are furious afer the home plate performance of umpire Erich Bacchus during the Angels-Mets game today.

Though wooden bats are rare in modern college baseball, they’re still occasionally seen. In 2023, Oregon infielder Rikuu Nishida used a wooden bat in what would be his only season with the Ducks.

Micah Gibbs, Director of Player Performance and Master Bat Fitter, holds a bat while talking about bat balance at the Baseball Performance Lab on the Marruci campus on Monday, June 16, 2025 in ...