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08-26-07, 08:29 PM
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I hadn't heard of it before either. Apparently, for these composite bats especially, they actually hit better after being broken in. I'm not sure why that is - I guess the metal softens a little bit, allowing for the bat's energy to transfer to the ball better...? I know I'm not using the correct terminology here and I'm honestly not sure, but that's kind of how I picture it in my head. What it boils down to though is that composite bats will actually hit farther after a couple hundreds hits on them than they will straight out of the wrapper.
P.S. Mayhem thinks we are nerds and "a bat is a bat!" Silly Mayhem... 
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08-28-07, 01:53 PM
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Yup. It's scheduled to be delivered here on Thursday. I can't wait to hit it.
While I've been waiting, I've been looking through this site: Apparently the grip I've used for as long as I can remember is WRONG.  You're supposed to line up your second knuckles on both hands, and I've always lined up the bottom section of my fingers - the area between the second knuckles and the hand knuckles. Crazy.
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08-28-07, 03:10 PM
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those freaks do take awhile to break in so dont be disappointed if you arent hitting well with it right out of the gate.
If you looking for a softball video you should go to softballfans.com and go to the forum and post about wanting one, you can get a burnt copy or maybe even a regular copy of a good video for 5-10 bucks. The blasting bombs and spraying singles video is pretty good. I always wanted to watch the swingmechanic videos but never got around to doing so.
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08-28-07, 04:01 PM
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Yeah, I wans't interested in the video yet - I was just reading all the text. there's a lot of good stuff on that site. As for videos, there is some decent stuff on YouTube.
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08-31-07, 01:07 AM
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My bat came today. I haven't hit it yet, but am planning on taking some BP with it tomorrow night. FWIW, it LOOKS sweet.
 Think I should do the rubber mallet thing? Also, should I not hit batting cage balls with this bat (since I assume they are much harder, like baseballs), or doesn't it matter? I know you don't want to hit hard balls with doublewalls, but I don't know about this bat. I've read conflicting things. |
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09-07-07, 09:51 AM
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ASA has a rule regarding the velocity of a ball coming off of the bat. The composite bats have a "shell" so to speak over them that needs to be broken in. Once you break in the bats and remove their shell they hit a lot faster. I'm not sure of the exact science behind it.
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