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CoreSoftball20

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Yes, then can be used...absolutely. But they normally do not because of size/weight. Smallest length slowpitch bat is 34 inch and lightest is 24oz.
So you can see why usually its not common.
 
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My daughter needs an Freak Ultra 2 OG, shaved to about 24 oz. Coincidentally that is the same weight that it seems most "big hitters" in slow pitch are using anyway.
 

Strike2

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Can a slowpitch pitch bat be used for fastpitch?

Earlier this year, I was looking for a bat that I could use to hit some cage BP and occasionally work against live pitching during our team practices. As an adult, I was looking for a 34" bat with a -8/9 drop. Well, everything that said "Fastpitch" on it at that size was $200+. However, I found a 26 oz Easton composite slow-pitch bat on clearance for $59. Dimensionally, it is no different from a full-sized FP bat, and has the USSSA thumbprint on it. Frankly, it hits as well as anything else I've seen that costs much more.
 
Jan 30, 2018
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SE Michigan
Earlier this year, I was looking for a bat that I could use to hit some cage BP and occasionally work against live pitching during our team practices. As an adult, I was looking for a 34" bat with a -8/9 drop. Well, everything that said "Fastpitch" on it at that size was $200+. However, I found a 26 oz Easton composite slow-pitch bat on clearance for $59. Dimensionally, it is no different from a full-sized FP bat, and has the USSSA thumbprint on it. Frankly, it hits as well as anything else I've seen that costs much more.

Conversely, I have seen dudes swing FP bats in a slowpitch game. It think it had to do with the ability to take out the end cap so they could shave them.
 
Jan 30, 2018
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Most common sp weight is 26 Maxload. Don't really know why the issue

Yup, I was just poking fun at sp players. The Ultra 2 was banned from most sanctioned play many years ago. Cheaters gonna cheat, so they would take a U2, paint it, and put labels of another bat on them. Or they take a 28 or 26 oz and shave the inside so it is around 24 oz. There may not be another sport that the players cheat as much as sp softball, and the higher the level the more they cheat.
 

CoreSoftball20

Wilson = Evil Empire
DFP Vendor
Dec 27, 2012
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Kunkletown, PA
Yup, I was just poking fun at sp players. The Ultra 2 was banned from most sanctioned play many years ago. Cheaters gonna cheat, so they would take a U2, paint it, and put labels of another bat on them. There may not be another sport that the players cheat as much as sp softball, and the higher the level the more they cheat.

I have been around bats and the game for many, many years...so I know all about what goes/went on and probably more things that people don't know of...haha. The painting thing was rare.
There is a reason why testing was started. Too bad certain associations that preach safety, don't mandate testing. A lot of upper level games are now bucket bat games though.

I think there are many sports with just as much going on...is there even a clean cyclist anymore?
 

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