Best bat for pitching machine work

[PJR202]

Every time I fire up the machine, I feel like maybe I shouldn't have my kid swinging her LXT. Is that hard on the bat? Or should I get an old cheap bat from the junk rack in the dugout?

 

[_MIA_]

Every time I fire up the machine, I feel like maybe I shouldn't have my kid swinging her LXT. Is that hard on the bat? Or should I get an old cheap bat from the junk rack in the dugout?

I think it should be ok as long as you are not using cold regular softballs or machine pitch balls that have picked up a bunch of moisture (eg making them heavier). I am pretty sure DD broke a few bats from using cold regular softballs during winter BP a few years back. We make sure to keep the BP balls in the house now..

 

[quincy]

Posters on here say get a cheper similar bat, me not so much. DD always used her game bat without any Issues. She also did not hit off a machine very often though.

 

[LEsoftballdad]

Most bat company warranty claims can be denied if it's is determined you used a bat with a pitching machine.

Use an old, beater bat against a machine.

 

[_MIA_]

Most bat company warranty claims can be denied if it's is determined you used a bat with a pitching machine.

Aren't you the guy who said 529's have no paper trail?? There would be no way for them to determine that unless you tell them..

 

[LEsoftballdad]

Aren't you the guy who said 529's have no paper trail?? There would be no way for them to determine that unless you tell them..

Well, dimpled balls do leave a different mark on the bat, so they can leave evidence a bat inspector could use. I guess you could always use a Magic Eraser to hide the evidence.

 

[_MIA_]

I guess you could always use a Magic Eraser to hide the evidence.

Yes you could...

My kid uses a BP bat but it is the same bat as her game bat as I spent less on the two bats then many spend on 1..

 

[LEsoftballdad]

Yes you could...

My kid uses a BP bat but it is the same bat as her game bat as I spent less on the two bats then many spend on 1..

My daughters hate when I clean their bats with a ME. They say I'm washing away evidence of hits, but I say it's only mishits that leaves evidence.

When we use the machine, we use the Anderson Rocketech. That bat can hit bricks and not break.

 

[PJR202]

Well, dimpled balls do leave a different mark on the bat, so they can leave evidence a bat inspector could use. I guess you could always use a Magic Eraser to hide the evidence.

After reading the first half sentence of this reply I was already thinking "a magic eraser can hide any evidence."

 

[BillyB]

There are plenty of machines using regulation softballs that are safe to swing at...BUT, of course they will still beat up a composite hammering it over and over.