Sigh - 2 broken bats in 5 months

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May 24, 2013
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My DD's coach grabbed her bat to hit some fly balls and he came up to me and told me the bat is broken. I was a little confused as I didn't see any cracks at all. But he said the outer barrel is loose from the bat. You can wiggle it a little but my DD used it last at bat and didn't notice any issues. Has anyone has a similar issue? Is it really broken ?Also I am a little mad because the warranty expired 3 months ago. So I am guessing I can't get a replacement. Let me just say I will not be buying another one real soon.

In my experience with the Ghost dual-stamp and Ghost Advanced, a little movement in the joint is not uncommon, and hasn't seem to affect performance. Excessive movement/flopping is an issue. From what I'm seeing in this video, it appears in the range of what I would consider pretty typical.
 
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Apr 28, 2019
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My daughter is not a power hitter. She is a slapper who can also hit away. She has never put one over the fence but rather is a contact hitter. She takes very good care of her equipment but has broken 2 bats in 5 months now. The first was a 2020 Xeno and it broke literally in half at connection - we used the warranty to replace it with a 2021 LXT. This weekend she told me her bat is broken at connection again! I don't know what to do. What do we replace this one with. Ugh!!! I hear Ghosts break all the time too? Her 2018 Xeno was a beast and lasted nearly 3 years. I am just hesitant to by another Slugger now after she broke 2 in 5 months. They will not replace the LXT because it was the warranty bat.


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That’s garbage. Slugger should be backing their products better than that.
Call Mary Craven. I forget her exact title but she got me a new bat no questions asked.
Call customer service and ask for her #.
 

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Nov 14, 2014
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My DD's coach grabbed her bat to hit some fly balls and he came up to me and told me the bat is broken. I was a little confused as I didn't see any cracks at all. But he said the outer barrel is loose from the bat. You can wiggle it a little but my DD used it last at bat and didn't notice any issues. Has anyone has a similar issue? Is it really broken ?Also I am a little mad because the warranty expired 3 months ago. So I am guessing I can't get a replacement. Let me just say I will not be buying another one real soon.

That is more than a little wiggle, and will only get worse with more use. My experience with pre-game bat inspections, particularly USA Softball, says that fails every time.
 
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Lol...that's a foreign experience for you? What else would they use?
I prefer to swing a full sized bat. Most of us have them laying around. If for some reason, I don't have mine, I'll grab my own dd's bat. Not someone else's bat.
 

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