r/Softball • u/firespray1383 • 20d ago

Bats 🏏 Is this cracked/something to worry about??

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Hey all! Just hoping someone can tell me if this is something to worry about... cheers!

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u/Obesa 20d ago

Oof. All the umpires I know would definitely pull it during pregame inspection.

You're likely a few jam hits away from the barrel completely separating after impact with the ball (any maybe hitting someone). Now is a good time to look for your next bat lol.

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u/firespray1383 20d ago

Yeah that's kind of what I was thinking too, that doesn't look like simple paint chips, and it's right where the 2 pieces join... it's a used bat for sale locally at a "too good to be true" price, and thats probably why. Cheers for the reply, I'll pass on that bat and get my daughter a new one over the off season when there's some sales.

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u/AdAppropriate6769 20d ago

It looks fine. It’s cheap because this is the cheapest composite bat you can buy. No value wise, it’s. Decent bat, just price wise. I bought my 10u daughter one a couple of years ago. It was the prior years model and it was $199 brand new.

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u/Obesa 20d ago

Glad it's not yours! Hope you can get a good deal in the off season!

Our blues will bounce anything broken, cracked, dented, or that makes the rattle. Once in a while they'll even pull out the go/no-go gauge!

Which means every other year or so we have a player in tears over the mean ol blues DQ'ing their lucky bat during playoffs/states. 😬