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Shaved Bats - How big is the market?
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Why didn't I think of that? Nice.
I've seen advertisement for shaving and rolling bats in Facebook. They usually say something like "add 20-30' to your swing". Many people don't even know it's illegal.
This is like driving drunk. The people who shave bats don't care that's it's wrong until they get caught. (might be a bit of a wide comparison).
I would happily let my DD use one if I knew it added 30 feet to your fly ball. That would have been the difference between zero HR's at 12U and 17 HR's at 12U. However my DD hit 4 pitchers last year with line drives. 2 in the foot/ankle, 1 in the thigh (all ones you can live with/through) then one in the neck/throat under the mask. Somehow the girl got her hand up and possibly saved her life but broke her pitching thumb. Add 30 feet of speed/power and a 12 year old girl could be dead.
But parents/people live in the "it won't happen to me" world.
I would happily let my DD use one if I knew it added 30 feet to your fly ball. That would have been the difference between zero HR's at 12U and 17 HR's at 12U. However my DD hit 4 pitchers last year with line drives. 2 in the foot/ankle, 1 in the thigh (all ones you can live with/through) then one in the neck/throat under the mask. Somehow the girl got her hand up and possibly saved her life but broke her pitching thumb. Add 30 feet of speed/power and a 12 year old girl could be dead.
But parents/people live in the "it won't happen to me" world.
Wow. DD #3 had a minor injury while pitching rec ball, that was ALMOST bad enough for surgery. Instead it just required some rest of her wrist. That was an aluminum bat. DD #1 was in a game where the pitcher broke her pitching had from a ball hit back to her. Not sure what kind of bat. Imagine if either had been a shaved bat...
For now DD #3 still uses an aluminum bat for 12U. I might get her a composite bat, but then I would still have her use aluminum in rec ball.
My DD was swinging an 32/22 LXT and her swing speed was only 50MPH. She's up around 57MPH in only a few months with a 33/23 CF6 this year. So as these girls get stronger and the bats get better the pitchers might want to use cages.
But in the chase of the scholarship some parents will do ANYTHING to get an edge. My DD plays C and INF now, last year was her first year not playing OF. I miss the days of her being in CF where if you get hit by a line drive you did it wrong lol.
But in the chase of the scholarship some parents will do ANYTHING to get an edge. My DD plays C and INF now, last year was her first year not playing OF. I miss the days of her being in CF where if you get hit by a line drive you did it wrong lol.
Most guys that know anything shave with the wrapper on...the only missing part will be that the wrap wont wrap over the endcap after they are done like bats off the shelf do. Just letting you know a bat with a wrapper doesnt mean anything.
And honestly, if you are buying a shaved bat, you arent worried about a receipt to be legit...haha.
And coachbob...doesnt matter how big the market is. The sites are cheap to make and these dbags dont even stock any bats. They just have a legit dealer that sells them bats cheaper, so its no money out of their pocket to have any inventory or anything. Most of the time they will buy off a dealer that is local so no shipping costs for the dealer either. Heck, one bat a month pays all their bills.
Shaving has been talked to death about on here, so I wont even comment about it.
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If my kid got injured due to a ball coming off a bat that was found to be shaved or rolled, I'd be using that same bat as part of a post-game "discussion" with the batter's parents.
I know shaved bats were an issue in slow pitch, but was not aware of a problem with them in fastpitch, but I may be naive. Only way to stop it would be to have tournament directors bring compression bat testers to tournaments with the threat of a heavy fine and a lifetime ban for anyone caught using a shaved bat.
