Broken Bats

[softballmom11]

I have seen 4 broken bats this season, Does anyone now the reason and why these bats are breaking? Seen Rockettech the the new yellow bat

[wpasi]

Rockettechs are great a game time bat the one's I have seen broken were used for batting practice off pitching machines and not broken in right with real softballs rotated 1/4 turn after each hit. My kid used a 2004 model for two years with no problems it went dead at the end of last summers season. I bought her a new model back in Feburay and now she uses her old one for BP.

If you look at the paper work with the new bats it gives instructions for break in and temps they should be used at. Seems like a $200 bat would be for all weather, BP and game time. I guess if they lasted forever they could not sell us new bats every season .

[Bledsoebtheboys]

I've saw 2 bats get broken.....Rockettech and Worth Quad.....

[TNsoftballfan]

I've saw 2 bats get broken.....Rockettech and Worth Quad.....

I saw a Catalyst break this weekend in the Eastman/Kingsport Tournament

[sbcoach]

I saw one break at the handle this weekend at a college game in Florida. Thought it was the speed of the ball, but maybe it was the bat. Never seen it before.

[TNsoftballfan]

I saw one break at the handle this weekend at a college game in Florida. Thought it was the speed of the ball, but maybe it was the bat. Never seen it before.

This one broke in the meat of the bat....wierdest thing I have ever seen. It looked like a boomerrang.

[redbaron515]

I saw a Catalyst break this weekend in the Eastman/Kingsport Tournament

 

The Catalyst is a hot bat this year...it seems like everyone has one of those.

[taytay06]

I personally had an old rocket tech break on me. I was hitting live pitching and hit the ball cleanly by the bat cracked from one end to the other...luckly i had spare.

[muffin]

The ones I have seen broken were used in a low temperature.

[taytay06]

I broke mine at an indoor hitting facility

[bigwes68]

I think the NFHS (and ASA) must get some kind of cut from the bat manufacturers. They change the rules on legal bats every year. You might buy a bat today that's legal, and tomorrow it's on the banned bat list.

 

Seems to me that some of these teams could USE a little more pop in their bats. I have seen ONE hit this year that would be a home run on most fields, but wasn't at this particular field. I've also seen a game where no ball was hit out of the infield the entire game. I agree that they shouldn't be allowed to use doctored bats or those that might be potentially dangerous, but the ones they're using now are pretty dead.