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Re: Bat rolling, and shaving. Really???
Wow...holy Lord...I turn away from OFC for a minute and come back to an explosive post. Seems like the OP touched on a hot subject here.
Ok...let me be the person to bring up a controversial (and probably unpopular) viewpoint, because I think this fact might not be known by many people...did you know that when new bats are sent to be tested for the ASA Stamp, that they are rolled prior to testing? This is a fact. Why does the ASA do this? They know that many (not all) of today's high performance composite bats get hotter as they break in. This is something that was learned about 7-9 years ago when the first Miken Freak came out. Back then, bats were tested fresh out of the wrapper and approved. Once those new composite bats broke in they became hotter, thus dangerous. That is why accelerated break-in techniques were banned, because they needed to act immediately. What has happened since this is that the bat manufacturers have responded by actually going the opposite way, and making bats that are dead out of the wrapper, but once they are fully broken in...will just barely pass the 98 MPH batted ball speed test. People think that today's bats are hot out of the wrapper can only be talking about the Xeno & LXT. Those are the only new bats that don't have a break-in period. They hit 98 MPH right out of the wrapper. What do you think happens if you roll a Xeno? Absolutely nothing. It doesn't get any "hotter".
My bet is that bat rolling will actually be allowed at some point soon, but only for bats made after a certain date, like 2009 or so, which is about the time the bat companies started to respond with dead bats.
I ask this question....what is the difference between a brand new composite bat that gets rolled and one that you take to the park and hit balls for 500-700 hits? The answer...they will break in just about the same. And the ASA knows that, which is why they have bats rolled prior to being tested for stamp approval. I'm not suggesting that rolling should be done in youth sports...just stating the facts.
Shaving..TOTALLY different story. You are physically altering the bat and completely altering its structure, wall thickness, etc. People who use shaved bats are flat out CHEATING. People who use
rolled bats are merely accelerating the break-in period of composite bats. There isn't a CF6, Stealth, White-Out in bat bags from last year that isn't hotter than blazes right now. How hot? It is STILL < 98 MPH batted ball speed.
The ASA Stamp says so.
Wow...holy Lord...I turn away from OFC for a minute and come back to an explosive post. Seems like the OP touched on a hot subject here.
Ok...let me be the person to bring up a controversial (and probably unpopular) viewpoint, because I think this fact might not be known by many people...did you know that when new bats are sent to be tested for the ASA Stamp, that they are rolled prior to testing? This is a fact. Why does the ASA do this? They know that many (not all) of today's high performance composite bats get hotter as they break in. This is something that was learned about 7-9 years ago when the first Miken Freak came out. Back then, bats were tested fresh out of the wrapper and approved. Once those new composite bats broke in they became hotter, thus dangerous. That is why accelerated break-in techniques were banned, because they needed to act immediately. What has happened since this is that the bat manufacturers have responded by actually going the opposite way, and making bats that are dead out of the wrapper, but once they are fully broken in...will just barely pass the 98 MPH batted ball speed test. People think that today's bats are hot out of the wrapper can only be talking about the Xeno & LXT. Those are the only new bats that don't have a break-in period. They hit 98 MPH right out of the wrapper. What do you think happens if you roll a Xeno? Absolutely nothing. It doesn't get any "hotter".
My bet is that bat rolling will actually be allowed at some point soon, but only for bats made after a certain date, like 2009 or so, which is about the time the bat companies started to respond with dead bats.
I ask this question....what is the difference between a brand new composite bat that gets rolled and one that you take to the park and hit balls for 500-700 hits? The answer...they will break in just about the same. And the ASA knows that, which is why they have bats rolled prior to being tested for stamp approval. I'm not suggesting that rolling should be done in youth sports...just stating the facts.
Shaving..TOTALLY different story. You are physically altering the bat and completely altering its structure, wall thickness, etc. People who use shaved bats are flat out CHEATING. People who use
rolled bats are merely accelerating the break-in period of composite bats. There isn't a CF6, Stealth, White-Out in bat bags from last year that isn't hotter than blazes right now. How hot? It is STILL < 98 MPH batted ball speed.
The ASA Stamp says so.