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Originally Posted by chapmaja
I've never had a bat like that break when someone hit it on the ground. I did have a brand new (first game in use) composite softball bat break this past high school season though. Batter swings and I see the barrel of the bat going flying towards third, while the ball is a lazy pop to the pitcher. I think she just lost the bat, until I see the handle in her hands. The bat had completely separated when she hit the ball. I wanted to see it after the game (I was the BU), but the parents had already gotten it so they could take it back to get a refund. No bat should break on one of it's first swings in game action.
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Might've been one of those Louisville Slugger oneX bats that were being recalled due to the very problem you witnessed. All codes (NCAA, NFHS, ASA, etc.) banned the three different models of oneX bats this year.
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