Little League Bans Composite Bats

[FPMark]

Either a player can hit or they cannot. You can give a kid a $10,000 bat, if she isn't capable of hitting the ball, it just as well be used to hammer base pegs into the ground.

IMO, a player who depends on a bat to be a hitter is no hitter.




Absolutly true. A million dollar bat with a $2 swing makes no since at all. But niether does a million dollar swing with a $2 bat. Get the swing right first.

$300 bats cost that much for a reason. The technology that goes into them is expensive (materials as well as reserch and developement). When in the hands of a good hitter, they do produce more hits through more distance and harder line drives and ground balls. Thats what they are designed for.

So the question is, where do you draw the line? If $300 bats are for idiots are wood bats OK for all reasonable people? Everything inbetween is a compromise, isn't it? A compromise between price and performance. Some people don't want to compromise performance. JMHO

 

[Amy in AZ.]

You don't have to spend $300.00 for a great bat. (Although, I did buy an EVO that might have been that much.) Look for older bats with a few hits on them. I bought a NIW Rawlings Liquid Plasma for an 11 YO that comes to my lessons. It was $40.00. She has used it in TB for 2 years. An '07 Anderson RT is another good choice, that I can sometimes find for $150.00.

The older yellow Catalyst is a hot bat, if you can find it.

I just bought an Easton Synergy Clarity for $90.00 shipped and in the wrapper, if you like a balanced bat.

So, don't judge someone by what you think that they spent. Some reps even loan the bats out, for advertising.

 

[fivepotsogold]

Got my 12 year old Easton Synge for $137 .. her first new bat.
Found a Miken MV3 for $99 new with free shipping ...put it away for my 14 year old 15th BD.

Kids around here have multiple bats ... $300 bats ...
others have $200 bats ...
My kids have $40 bats for the dimpled balls/machines ...

I enjoy the fun of getting one cheap ... my kids aren't concerned how much something costs .. as long as it works (my 12 year laighed at the parent of a friend who bought a $300 bat for his 12 year old ..("OMG, Mom, they spent all that money and all she does is bunt").

I will have to say the $90 Ringor cleats with pitching toe was a good investment as we are on year two and they look great ...


I do worry about the bats getting so hot in baseball and softball ... safety, not equip cost, should be first priority in any sport.

 

[Screwball]

Excellent idea to "recycle" bats to new users. Learned that here.

 

[SoCalSoftballdad]

I think calling someone an "idiot" for buying a high quality bat says more about you than it does about the purchaser. While I think having proper swing mechanics is paramount to being a good hitter; using proper fitting, technologically advanced equipment can improve a players performance. Why wouldn't you use that equipment to your advantage if you can afford it? Everyone says emulate the elite and best hitters in the game. Do they use inferior equipment when playing at the highest level of fastpitch?

 

[DOG310]

Thanks SoftSocDad for figuring out what is wrong with this country. All this time I thought it was people wanting something for nothing, not williing to work an honest day for honest pay, corporate greed, moral decay and a myriad of other problems (including too much Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow).

I will immediately send back the $150 bat I bought DD for Christmas. I shouldn't have told her that if she could bat over .500 for the fall season I would reward her. I'll use the money to get her Chinese lessons.

 

[MTR]

$300 bats cost that much for a reason. The technology that goes into them is expensive (materials as well as reserch and developement). When in the hands of a good hitter, they do produce more hits through more distance and harder line drives and ground balls. Thats what they are designed for.

I believe that is partially true, but I think it is more because there are many people, adult and youth, that believe the bat makes the player. There is also the "keep up with the Joneses" mentality that if Lil' Susie has one, Lil' Debbie has to have one two or she will fall behind and not get that almighty carrot.

Enough people stop buying those bats, the prices will come down or collect dust on the rack.

So the question is, where do you draw the line? If $300 bats are for idiots are wood bats OK for all reasonable people? Everything inbetween is a compromise, isn't it? A compromise between price and performance. Some people don't want to compromise performance. JMHO

I think you mean enhanced performance, dont' you? Equipment doesn't provide performance, but even the enhancements get you what, an extra 15-20 feet in distance and a ball that gets through the infield a half-second quicker? None of that means a thing if you don't hit it where they ain't.

 

[Damiansports]

I always try to find 50-200 hit used bats before i buy new.Cheaper and broken in. My kids would rather have USED high end bats.

 

[TimothyJ]

Another idiot here. In fact, my kid got a CF4 for xmas. Bummer, I wasn't aware they were considering it, or I would have waited. He doesn't really need the bat now anyway.

The CF4 will probably get a waiver

 

[CPSBDad]

That's what we're hoping.

The CF4 will probably get a waiver