No, rattles dont mean the bat is breaking. As most of the time little rattles are gluebees that fall off from the cap from extraIs it more likely to break because it is rattling?
Just trying to figure out with lots of tournaments in the next month and then straight into tryouts what the best strategy is.
epoxy that got piled on from the line. It happens. Just because you got more than one, could easily mean the rest of the excess has
dropped off as well. Usually a very quick rattle is a gluebee because any little contact will break it off. You prob got a bat with a
ton of epoxy up on the cap. This effects nothing but you are gonna have umps that are told to throw a bat out for any reason,
this could cause you an issue. No structural issues though.
Now, sand sound is another issue, but I dont think thats what you have. Sand is when the composite is breaking down inside
around the barrel. The coating around the inside composite is kinda just flaking off in particle size and at some point, you are
probably going to get a crack...BUT I have seen sand rattles last forever because its not the composite, its the stuff sealing it.
It doesnt sound like a part of the inside bat gave way, so we will just mark that off the list.