Fair enough, fellas. How 'bout these other techniques?
Hitting 500 of those hard rubber balls at the cages?
Hitting a "heavy bag" time after time?
Hitting a wooden telephone pole repeatedly?
Backing your car over it, repeatedly?
Don't get me wrong, these are all stupid things to do to a kid's $300 stick. But folks do each of them. And given that it's been proven that rolling doesn't alter the performance characteristics beyond the given threshold, I'm inclined to overlook those rippled bats from now on.
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