One of the first manufacturers of composites was Miken in the early . . .
2000's. Those bats were lethal weapons. My daughter had a couple. I was honestly fearful for the opposing 3B when she hit in HS. OTOH I cringed in TB when she had to pitch to a kid with one. They had a high failure rate. I was tossing BP to her one day (I was always behind a screen) and the barrel snapped clean right above the grip wrap on the first one she had.
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With temps in 30’s we may need to hold off from using normal bats
-- 1980VT
Mar 28, 2026 at 12:47 AM ET
1980VT
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03/28/26 12:47 AM ET
I'm from the 757- loved baseball but hated early March training in high
-- tallahasseehokie
Mar 28, 2026 at 04:02 PM ET
tallahasseehokie
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03/28/26 04:02 PM ET
Bats have to meet certain specs. & are checked before each game by Umps.**
-- ronvpi
Mar 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM ET
ronvpi
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03/28/26 12:54 AM ET
Inspection by the umps doesn't change the specs on the bats. Easton
-- laphroaig
Mar 28, 2026 at 05:52 AM ET
laphroaig
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03/28/26 05:52 AM ET
Doesn't VT use Mizuno CRBN bats? These bats are not . . .
-- MidloHokie
Mar 28, 2026 at 08:02 AM ET
MidloHokie
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03/28/26 08:02 AM ET
One of the first manufacturers of composites was Miken in the early . . .
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-- MidloHokie
Mar 28, 2026 at 10:46 AM ET
MidloHokie
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03/28/26 10:46 AM ET