Archive for the ‘ Bat Rolling ’ Category

Little League Bans Composite Bats

A moratorium on the use of composite bats in the Junior, Senior, and Big League Baseball Divisions of Little League was enacted on Aug. 27, 2010, by the Little League International Board of Directors, effective immediately. The moratorium shall be in effect until further notice by Little League International. The moratorium covers all games and [ READ MORE ]

NCAA – New Bat Standards coming in January 2011

NCAA institutions sponsoring baseball will be subject to new bat standards this coming season. The new “Ball-Bat Coefficient of Restitution” standard becomes effective January 1, 2011, and there is no opportunity for “grandfathering” old bats. The new BBCOR formula provides a better measure of a bat’s performance and allows the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee and [ READ MORE ]

National Federation of State High Schools (NFHS) – Bans Composite Bats

Interesting article but what they fail to say is that aluminum bats will benefit from Bat Rolling as well. The increase is only about 5% but it’s something. INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 7, 2010) — One of six new rules changes by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Committee forbids the [ READ MORE ]

Bat Rolling Companies – Who’s feeding you bad information?

The numbers of bat rolling companies are increasing everyday. Just last year there where only 3-4 showing up within the Google search and now there are about a dozen and of those dozen there are only 2-3 that actually know what they are doing. Of the 5 companies that come up on the first page [ READ MORE ]

Bat Rolling vs Bat Shaving – Pros, Cons & What to look out for

Bat Rolling is a process that accelerates the break-in of any composite Baseball or Softball Bat. Bat Rolling is accomplished via the use of a Bat Rolling Machine. These machines compress the barrel of the bat in various stages. As the bat is compressed it is fed through (Perpendicular method) or rotated (Parallel method) along [ READ MORE ]