What do we do with all the bats?

The bat companies owe us nothing.....they did not change the rules on bat technology....that was the sports governing bodies....the NFHS and the NCAA....

The governing bodies state they delayed the implementation of the BBCOR change from BESR for 2 years so that the financial impact would be lessened........

all in all something had to be done to rein in the rocket launcher effects of the bat technology....

honestly not sure what could have been done differently....but I guarantee Ill be throwing bats out of the game next year when all the BESR bats are illegal.....

In AZ the HS rules take effect next year, chance to clean out the current inventory. They better be on sale!!

Maybe donate the bats to Latin America, Australia,
China.

Bob Williams

I like the recycle idea!

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Originally posted by Bob Williams:
Maybe donate the bats to Latin America, Australia,
China.

Bob Williams

South Korea

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Originally posted by Nats Coach:
What do we do with all the bats ....

Just throw them in a pile in the living room!!

I would think they would still make a good cage bat and save the wear and tear on the new bats. I like the idea of donating them to kids in other countries as well.

If the bats are not safe here why would we want to send them to other countries? Just a thought.....

There are underfunded teams and leagues all over the place...find a local team/league/player to give the bats too. Maybe they can't use them in a game, but they can definitely make use of these old bats.

Im going to the dominican republic twice in march/april...wondering if I can find a source there....I usually take a few old gloves I buy at yard sales and a few dozen baseballs to hand out.....

Biggerpapi: I think my son has had every one of those bats in the picture.

He always has had younger cousin's to hand them down to, so I don't still have them. Seeing that picture has me realizing how much money we actually spent on bats over the years. Kind of amazing!

Donate your bats to Pitch In For Baseball. If they're not legal in the US they will ship them to poor foreign countries.

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Originally posted by warningtrack:
If the bats are not safe here why would we want to send them to other countries? Just a thought.....

Okay then, NORTH Korea.

Some kids at our school (including son) are in an organization called Kids Gear for Kids and are collecting bats. A group of sophomores goes to the Dominican Republic for a week each September, works in the orphanage and plays sandlot baseball with the neighborhood kids every afternoon. Last year, they were able to take 30 duffle bags of gear, mostly for little kids, including giveaway mitts donated by the Padres. This group also ran bake sales all fall and were able to donate $500 to the local league to help build a nice backstop. I was told it was like Christmas. The one group of kids that was left disappointed, however, were the older kids who need better stuff than what is typically donated. PM me if you are interested in donating bats and are anywhere near San Diego.

Your local boys and girls club could use them. Leftyside Son started a clinic for our local club. Every year he'd gather up used baseball equipment and bring them over to the boys on the day of the clinic. You would have thought it was Christmas in April when he showed up with the boxes and the boys all got to play with their "new" bats. Gloves are also a huge need.

But be mindful...somewhere along the line we donated his first pitching glove. That was a mistake.