Very, very nice!  We, our little group here in smd, can say we knew him
when...
And that's a Big Congrats to the proud parents.

Webby :-)

Guess that means you thought baseball is usually played with
wood bats today? <G>

Almost all youth leagues through high school and college play
with aluminum or composite bats.  Wood is for the pros.
However, there are a few leagues and college conferences who
do play with wood.

Aluminum was allowed at first because of the money saved in
replacing broken bats.  Aluminum bats have gotten very expensive
themselves and have an advantage over wood in the ease and
velocity of hitting a baseball.  So much so, that for college
players, it is more dangerous for the pitchers and infielders.

Wood bats have a smaller 'sweet spot' to get the most power,
and it takes more perfect contact to get hits and especially
home runs.

My personal opinion is that anything beyond high school should
use wood bats, period (but nobody really cares what I think
anyway<G>).

D