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Reply to "Bat rolling Good or Bad???"

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Originally posted by coach scotty:
Besides time and an even breaking, well nothing. There would be no basic difference between bats full broken in by hitting, rolling, or banging it against a light pole. A broken in bat is a broken in bat, how it got there only matters as an ethical argument not a performance one. Though there is a durability difference.


If bats are sold at one rating, yet become more lively when they are actually used, what's the point of the BESR? Why don't they just save everyone break-in time and roll the bats at the factory? If they rolled 'em, before they sold 'em, they bats would have an accurate BESR rating.

I don't see the ethical debate as rolling vs not rolling. Why not roll it? I see the debate as skirting the ratings by buying/selling bats which everyone knows will have a faster BESR after they're used for a while.

And, what happens when somebody gets injured by a ball hit with a 'rolled bat'? Does the BESR come into play?
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