Do you have to break in a softball bat?
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.
621464
Yes.  It's not okay to take them, but it's okay to fill your bat with them and insert a cork.
523682
Yes. Unless you are a Major league baseball player. They are the only ones allowed to do this.
620214
As already stated, it's a rules issue. \n\nEither bat will work with either ball, they are made out of the same materials.\n\nBaseball bats have larger barrels, would be easiear to hit a softball. Hint; to improve your baseball swing, practice with a softball (skinny barrel) bat. When you change back to the baseball bat you'll feel like you're swinging a tennis racket!\n\nBaseball bats must meet (and be stamped) BESR Certified (Bat Exit Speed Ratio) for most HS play, or meet certain length to weight ratios for other play. All haive size/dimension restrictions. Wood bats only have size/dimension restrictions, and are legal in all play.\n\nSoftball bats for HS and most league play must be listed on an approved list published by the ASA (Ameteur Softball Association) and bear a certification mark. Proper sized wood bats are also legal.
465902
Good Question. Hmm now I am going to really think about it!\nAnd ya know what? That softball isn't soft at all. Have you had one hit you in the head?? OCUH!
127707
Glove, Softball for at home, cleats, batting golves, sliding pads.\nBats are optional because the team usually has a few different types to chose from.
318253
The last answer was almost right, but not quite. Usually, a pitcher's breaking ball will break away from a similarly handed batter i.e. a southpaw's curve will tail away from a left handed batter and into a righty. Matching up like this helps minimize the hitter's power, as the hitter has to either take the pitch the other way or try to turn it over, which leads to a lot of ground balls on the hitter's pull-side. It's a lot harder to hit an opposite field homerun than to pull a curve a little inside and take it a long way.
630928
Ummm, well you could do the internet search, or just get the official softball rulebook.  Both are good.
363541
You must swing the bat ALL THE WAY THROUGH the ball. The contact between ball and bat happens mid swing, concentrating on completing the swing with force will increase your bat speed and you will hit the ball harder.
361265
You have to have a strong arm and most of it really is a gift.\nYou either have a srong arm or you don't.\n\nNot everyone with a strong arm is a good pitcher for various reasons.\n\nLifting weights will help give you a stronger arm but you don't want to be lifting real heavy weights and make your muscles too tight.\n\nIf you do have a strong arm, then you need to learn different types of pitches and how to throw them.\n\nPractice a lot with a catcher and play as much ball as possible.\nIt would be good to practice with a good softball pitcher who could show you the proper technique.\n\nIf you have the talent it will start to show the more you play.\nIf you don't have the arm or are not a real good pitcher you still could be a very good ballplayer and have a lot of fun playing another position on a team.
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The main reason the NCAA uses aluminum bats is expense.  An aluminum bats costs a heck of a lot more than your wooden Louisville Slugger, but it lasts practically forever, while I've seen games (Pirate fan--a little sympathy please) where batters have gone through two or three bats in nine innings.  Thank God that I played Little League back in the Stone Age (actually, Barney Rubble was our star third-baseman) when we used wooden bats.  Call me a;purist, but the sound of aluminum hitting horsehide kinda sucks.  No only that, but an aluminum bat is one big "sweet spot."  If you make contact, you can cream the ball, even if you get jammed on the fists or barely hit it on the end of the bat.  Try that with wood.
842136
move up a little in the box and hope you can hit when it STARTS to break..it is just timing it would be better if you can learn to switch hit then that way you can see the ball break toward and you can hit it better...try to go with the pitch ..don't pull it
847192
The ball size.  A softball is I think double the size of a baseball.  The size of the barrol of the bat.  A baseball bat has a bigger barrol then a softball bat.  The pitching styles.  Baseball is overhand and softball is underhand.
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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.
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http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2006/2006_softball_rules.pdf
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first answer was correct, the bat handles are so thin today, it's hard to believe that the bats don't break every time a hitter makes contact with the ball...\n\nThe batters want as light a bat as possible, but rather than sacrifice wood in the sweet spot area, they take it out of the handle area.