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

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Originally posted by AntzDad:
If bats are sold at one rating, yet become more lively when they are actually used, what's the point of the BESR?


That's the reason composite bats were developed to make a bat that would be hotter than allowed.

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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.


That would defeat the purpose of the design. IMO (i do not work for a bat company) the whole reason for the composite design was to beat the rating.

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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.


Your right. That's what the bat was designed for and the only way to prevent it is to ban composites.

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


I think the question should be what happens when a youth player gets hurt and a family sues. I would imagine many a third baseman in slow pitch has already had a broken bone from a "rolled" bat.
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