3m spray on barrel of bat

[Losdoyers13]

Is it just me or does anyone else find that crap annoying...I'm hoping there is a scientifically proven fact that it helps hit harder and farther for as hideous and illegal as it looks on a bat. IJS...

 

[louconn]

its suppose to "bite" the ball better and put more spin on it. but i dont mess with it. i hear some dudes do it to new shaved bats cause it makes the bat look older with dirt stuck all over it.

 

[grand salami]

i put it all on the inside of my glove too

 

[eolivares1976]

Yea suppose to put more back spin on the ball. Curious, is it legal?

 

[NewSoftballer]

i do this all the time
you couldnt even tell i was swinging a Salvo thats how bad it was Lol

 

[slipknot7801]

it is not legal, plus u a new rule states u need to see the graphics of the barrel and sometimes too much 3m brakes that rule too

 

[fast.blue]

It doesn't bother me. What pissed me off is when some douche grabs my bat and sprays that crap on it. Or pine tar. **** is annoying.

 

[Losdoyers13]

It doesn't bother me. What pissed me off is when some douche grabs my bat and sprays that crap on it. Or pine tar. **** is annoying.

That's almost grounds for beating their ass lol!

 

[KC16]

they made me stop using a bat that had spray tar on it at the beast of the east earlier this year. it wasnt even up the barrel.

 

[Losdoyers13]

I only put pine stick on my bats with bat tape already on em... If anything I clean the barrels of my bats so I can easily spot paint cracks and webbing... One of my buddy's bats are so bat with 3M and dirt that I can tell it was once an nrg lol

 

[NewSoftballer]

give me a week and ill post pics of mine

 

[fast.blue]

That's almost grounds for beating their ass lol!

The thought crossed my mind a few times..

 

[Losdoyers13]

give me a week and ill post pics of mine

If it's the salvo... You better spray that thing with 2 cans to hold it together haha

 

[altieri20]

I'd be curious to know if the ball is actually on the bat long enough for this to even make a difference.

 

[KC16]

accoring to the SNA directors at the beast of the east it does, lol

 

[Donkeypuncher]

Gtg in my book for hands and some barrels

 

[shaunt]

I think it is illegal.

With that said, the old guy that does color commentary for USSSA, said during one of the major tournament broadcasts streams that they tested it and it didn't make a difference.

 

[BigShep]

... they tested it and it didn't make a difference.

That would be my guess. Kind of like corking a bat in MLB. Guys think it's helping.

 

[TFS #33]

Around here you see it all the time in USSSA tourny's but hardly ever in ASA, unless the team is playing both sanctions. It is illegle since you are not allowed to put anything on the barrell of the bat and I will call them out on it everytime, if nothing else it screws with their head.

 

[Camp]

Is it just me or does anyone else find that crap annoying...I'm hoping there is a scientifically proven fact that it helps hit harder and farther for as hideous and illegal as it looks on a bat. IJS...

I use it on the handle. Sometime a little bit gets on the barrel on accident tho

 

[Old dirty basta]

I put Pam cooking spray. It really helps the ball slide through the wind. What a joke putting spray on barrel give me a fuc&ing break.

 

[Crush17er]

In ASA nationals they wouldnt allow bats that had spray on the barrell... they said clean them off or dont use them...

 

[elicarter]

its suppose to "bite" the ball better and put more spin on it. but i dont mess with it. i hear some dudes do it to new shaved bats cause it makes the bat look older with dirt stuck all over it.

Both are true statements.

 

[second2noone]

I'm curious to know if the 3M spray does really help too.

 

[VanSin23]

Of course it is going to help. It is like hitting a pitching wedge with no grooves vs. one with grooves. Not that extreme in this case of course but think of it that way. It will help with spinning and helps hold the cracks together a little bit. But, it is illegal in NSA and USSSA. Suppose to be the same rule as swinging an altered bat.

 

[DBO20]

If you spray before every at bat...of course it will help spin the ball. I don't personally do it.

 

[DBO20]

Of course it is going to help. It is like hitting a pitching wedge with no grooves vs. one with grooves. Not that extreme in this case of course but think of it that way. It will help with spinning and helps hold the cracks together a little bit. But, it is illegal in NSA and USSSA. Suppose to be the same rule as swinging an altered bat.

I was going to use the same analogy.

 

[Z-Fly]

Of course it is going to help. It is like hitting a pitching wedge with no grooves vs. one with grooves. Not that extreme in this case of course but think of it that way. It will help with spinning and helps hold the cracks together a little bit. But, it is illegal in NSA and USSSA. Suppose to be the same rule as swinging an altered bat.

^^^^This^^^^

 

[BigWhiffa]

Of course it is going to help. It is like hitting a pitching wedge with no grooves vs. one with grooves. Not that extreme in this case of course but think of it that way. It will help with spinning and helps hold the cracks together a little bit. But, it is illegal in NSA and USSSA. Suppose to be the same rule as swinging an altered bat.

except testing has shown there is no real difference? spraying 3m on your pitching wedge isn't going allow you to draw a ball back 15 feet on the green.

 

[UptotheKnuckle]

If it's the salvo... You better spray that thing with 2 cans to hold it together haha

He uses it as a load bearing clear coat. I think its the only reason why his salvo lasted so long.