batwarmer

[Matt]

Originally Posted by DG

An example was used in our state clinic that bats are not allowed on the dugout top because it can warm the bats.

I have never seen a team with bat warmers or laying them on the roof. I think much ado about nothing.

Direct quote from one of the commentators in a game I was PU last year: "I like the fact he's calling strikes, but I'd wish he'd call more. The ink in my pen has frozen."

If you've ever hit a ball with aluminum in sub-freezing temperatures, you'll know why teams would warm their bats.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Matt

If you've ever hit a ball with aluminum in sub-freezing temperatures, you'll know why teams would warm their bats.

That OMG effect is from mi****ting the ball. Amplified a lot when it's cold.

[dash_riprock]

Rich: re: **** - was that you or the profanity filter?

Wait - I can get that answer myself.

Mi****ting

[Rich Ives]

m i s - h i t t i n g

Does this make it past the filter?

[dash_riprock]

Yup.

[EsqUmp]

If the bat-warmer didn't do anything, than I conclude the following:

1. It wouldn't be called a bat warmer.

2. No one would buy this $50+ bat bag.

3. No one would sell it.

4. If it didn't do anything, why would we have them?

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by EsqUmp

4. If it didn't do anything, why would we have them?

There's a reason the word "gullible" is in the dictionary.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by yawetag

There's a reason the word "gullible" is in the dictionary.

Actually, it isn't.

[kylejt]

On a cold night, I'd have no trouble with a bat being heated up into "operational" temperature. In fact, I'd rather like it.

I saw one metal bat explode into shards on a cold evening years ago. Never want to see that happen again.