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Old Sat Nov 26, 2011, 01:47pm
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Not perfect, but you can do the "paper test". Use a sheet of notebook paper and wrap it around the barrel of the bat. Slide it up and down while slowly turning the bat. You can feel the smallest of ripples. All bats will have some ripple or minor dents that can be felt using the method, but a rolled bats ripples will be uniform.

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Really?

I was recently out in Phoenix for the World Championships/Senior Softball, and I was at the Combat distributor's trailer. He said there is really no true way to see if a bat has been rolled. They can check for machining when the bat is open, or the end cap is off. There is really no way to determine how many hits the bat actually has on it.

He did add that their bats are very hot out of the wrapper as they're working to get a slice of the Mikan and Worth business. The factory "hottens" the bats so to speak.

So go figure.
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Old Sat Nov 26, 2011, 02:25pm
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So if you can't tell the difference, then we don't worry about it. If you're in the "its cheating" camp, so be it, but what are you going to do about it. What if you think a bat is rolled and it hasn't been rolled? Now you got a huge $hit storm on your hands...these kids still have to be able to hit...just like $2,000 clubs aren't going to make me a better golfer, but $2,000 worth of lessons surely will.
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Old Sat Nov 26, 2011, 09:23pm
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Really?

I was recently out in Phoenix for the World Championships/Senior Softball, and I was at the Combat distributor's trailer. He said there is really no true way to see if a bat has been rolled. They can check for machining when the bat is open, or the end cap is off. There is really no way to determine how many hits the bat actually has on it.

He did add that their bats are very hot out of the wrapper as they're working to get a slice of the Mikan and Worth business. The factory "hottens" the bats so to speak.

So go figure.
Anyone else missing wood bats?
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Old Sun Nov 27, 2011, 02:02pm
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Don't really care what they do to the bats. Coaches problem!

If the bat meets the rules in 1-3, that can be physically verified on the field, then it is legal. If not, someone will pay the price.
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Don't really care what they do to the bats. Coaches problem!

If the bat meets the rules in 1-3, that can be physically verified on the field, then it is legal. If not, someone will pay the price.
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