Wittels Update

Garrett Wittels has a 56-game hitting streak. But the Florida International standout will have to wait to extend that streak because FIU's season is OVAH. Florida International lost to Dartmouth (really, Dartmouth?) in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday so the sophomore will have to wait until next spring to try to break Robin Ventura's college record 58-game hitting streak.
While Wittels streak is very impressive, let's remember, he is using an aluminum bat. I wonder how many hits he's gotten as a result of the metal bat, hits that might have been outs with a wooden bat. Again, I'm not diminishing his accomplishments, just saying that I'd much prefer to see colleges and all of baseball use wood bats. Of course those "green" folks would probably disagree with me. They would prefer to see pitchers nailed in the head with a ball off the barrel of a lethal aluminum bat than to see a tree cut down to make a real bat.
So Wittels will have to wait until next February to make his run at Ventura. That's a long time for the pressure to build up.