Rolling the bat breaks the bat in essentially. You save time not having to put however many hundreds of swings on it. Completely legal.
Shaving (I used to liked having them end loaded too way back in mens league when I played) a bat can add massive distance. It’s why our girls 12u team had to have all their bats go through a compression test and get the sticker before playing PGF nationals last year. Shaving and end loading are completely illegal. Cap comes off and the bat is technically illegal.
Swung many different shaved bats back in the day of men’s league. Like was said, it completely depends on the bat, and most importantly, if the person doing it knows how much to take off for different bats. Some were complete duds and a complete waste of money just to make your bat have a shorter lifespan. Others were downright scary with a huge sweet spot. They started confiscating bats to have them inspected if you batted a ball and injured player. At that point I stuck to regular bats. Had way too much to lose in a lawsuit. Others didn’t so they used them anyway.
Then, there is taking a bat that is banned painting it buying stickers and making it look like a legal bat. Lots of shenanigans in men’s league. I am completely against it nowadays though. Leave that to the home run derby exhibition events.
Shaving (I used to liked having them end loaded too way back in mens league when I played) a bat can add massive distance. It’s why our girls 12u team had to have all their bats go through a compression test and get the sticker before playing PGF nationals last year. Shaving and end loading are completely illegal. Cap comes off and the bat is technically illegal.
Swung many different shaved bats back in the day of men’s league. Like was said, it completely depends on the bat, and most importantly, if the person doing it knows how much to take off for different bats. Some were complete duds and a complete waste of money just to make your bat have a shorter lifespan. Others were downright scary with a huge sweet spot. They started confiscating bats to have them inspected if you batted a ball and injured player. At that point I stuck to regular bats. Had way too much to lose in a lawsuit. Others didn’t so they used them anyway.
Then, there is taking a bat that is banned painting it buying stickers and making it look like a legal bat. Lots of shenanigans in men’s league. I am completely against it nowadays though. Leave that to the home run derby exhibition events.
