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Article: WIGGINS PROVES HIMSELF WORTHY OF YANKEES' LOFTY DRAFT CHOICE.(SPORTS)

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August 7, 1997
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Byline: Richard Skinner, Post assistant sports editor

It didn't take Scott Wiggins long to figure out how much difference aluminum bats make in helping college baseball hitters.

''The second guy I faced (in professional baseball for the New York Yankees Class A affiliate in Oneonta, N.Y.) hit a ball to straightaway center, and I thought, 'Oh, no, that one's going out,' '' Wiggins said. ''I turned around to watch it and all of a sudden I see our center fielder running in to catch it. I was so used to balls just jumping off the aluminum bats.''

Wooden bats may partially explain why Wiggins has been so successful in his first professional season ...

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