HAS ANYONE EVER HAD A Aluminum BAT THAT BROKE AND YOU CAN HEAR A RATTLE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BAT?
365973
When I played baseball in high school, we (my team) found an ld aluminum bat down in the basement of the school.  We used it for batting practice and then decided it would be cool for everyone to use it in the game.  Like I said, it was old and slightly cracked in some places.  We were playing against Carbon High and I came up with the bases loaded, got the perfect pitch, and unloaded a line drive to third, but all that was in my hand was the handle of the bat and the barrel was behind the pitcher.  Everything happend so fast, nobody really knoew what had just happened.  Unfortunatley, the third baseman caught the ball and ended the inning.  But I did break an aluminum bat, and it was pretty damn cool.  I don't recall the sound though, sorry that doesn't answer your question, but it's a cool story.
409302
no, you don't have to break a bat in... actually, bats are only good generally for like 200 hits... don't use your bat if its colder than, i think its 65 degreees... it will dent... but if ur bat happens to dent within one year of buying it, you can send it back and they will send you a replacement...\n\nlasalle softball... # 3   :)
241428
Yes.  It's too dangerous to the pitcher.  The bats increase the speed of balls to well over 120 mph.  More than one pitcher has been seriously injured from this.
326930
I saw a boob throw an empty plastic water bottle out on the highway one time.  Luckily it went bouncing over my car and from there who knows where it went.  I'm not sure if there was a cigarette butt in it.
367057
demarini makes several good bats.  some are 300+  might want to check the eligibility first before buying.
554109
use ultrasonic machine... the sound waves should shatter it to smithereens
373637
Never heard of that,sounds real cool! Do you have a pic of it?? I would love to see that!!
1062997
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1032931
2 words my friend: baseball bat
274578
If the hosel weight is loose, put some epoxy on it and stick it back in there when you epoxy the head back on. It'll dry nice and tight and there'll be no rattle.
454635
I spoke to a Dr. recently about this and he gave me am article about it............NO it is not it is an old myth, about arthritis and knuckles getting larger, the cracking sound that is heard is only gasses in the joint and by cracking them it just releases the gas...and then when the gas refills the joint it can be popped again
1157385
I would suggest puchasing a new one as well, you may be able to repair that, but the structure itself may have been compromised and I wouldn't want to risk having it break entirely.
488680
answer lies in the newton's laws of motion and properties of the sufaces.\n\nsee the ball hits the bat and there is a change of the momentum of the ball by mv + mv1 where m is mass and v is the initial velocity, v1 final velocity of the ball. this much divided by the time is the force supplied to the ball. \n\naluminium has two advantages\n1. now with a aluminium bat the energy utilized in the process will be very low. and the v1 will be quite large. so the momemtum increases hence the force. \n\n2. there is no compression of the bat as compared to the wood so the time of contact with the bat will be very less.\nso the force increases.\n\nand as the force applied to ball is high ball goes further.
109725
This has happened to me a few times. \n\nThe "thing" loose inside the head is a piece of the epoxy broken off and just rattling around in there. It won't hurt anything, it's just kind of annoying. \n\nBack in the old days I drilled a small hole in the back of my driver and shot some expanding foam in there....that worked then, however I don't think it will work now. \n\nYou can take it to a PGA pro and they can take the head off and shake out your little rascal, but my advice would be to just leave it in there and keep on slappin it!
384916
sure you could make a bat out of balsa wood, but the bat would split and break at every up-to-bat. the ball would not travel very far, the wood is not dense enough.
591980
Your not gonna get a good quality bat for less then $200, i guareente it. I recommend getting an Easton Connexion, I use one and i play high school baseball and i hit really well with it, but then again everyone has different likings. They cost $250 at the most.
412114
Play with it. Its like a baseball glove. New ones arent that great, but one that you've had for awhile works perfect.