- Oct 16, 2014
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DD has a 2015 LXT. We bought it last fall for $100 new in wrapper. It had been sitting on a shelf unsold at one of the indoor batting cages we go to. she had the identical 1" shorter bat and loved it so we couldn't pass up the deal. She has used this bat exclusively for the last year. In cold weather less than 40 degrees, check....dimple balls in the cage, check. I admit I wasn't too worried about it because we got it so cheap I told her have at it. SO fast forward to now, she's still using this bat. It has held up. No cracks or rattles or anything like that. BUT recently her hits have been pretty lackluster. She's a good hitter. Batted 4th last season. Always gets the bat on the ball, usually in a gap somewhere on the grass 15-20 feet from the fence. These last few games she's played, the ball literally is like a line drive right over to the second baseman or the shortstop. When the ball comes off the bat the ball almost looks like it's moving in slow motion, like it's suspended in the air, like the bat almost slowed it down for lack of a better explanation. There is nothing wrong with her swing, she still sees her hitting coach every week, he sees nothing off. When he does toss to her, tossing her meatballs, the ball does't even make it to the end of the cage. It looks like a nice line drive at first then about 10 feet from the net at the back it literally dies in the air LOL. She's getting super frustrated and is asking for a different bat. I keep telling her to try her teammates bats and see if its her or the bat. Maybe it's her? She's not doing anything different than she was when she was hitting triples in August. SO I told her I'd ask if a bat really does die eventually. If it's a real thing maybe she has a new 33/23 in her future.
thanks for any input
thanks for any input