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    Offseason Rituals

    I've dropped my pinkie for years, but not because I have big hands. I still hold the bat with my pinkie dropped and ring finger around the knob after going to the full overlap. I'm really holding the bat with just 3 fingers, maybe 2 depending on how much pressure, and my thumb. Never felt the...
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    Offseason Rituals

    I tried a few swings with a full overlap over the years, and it felt like the bat was going to fly out of my hands. I picked up my bat to hit in a game in mid-August and realized I was holding it with a full overlap. It felt good, so I went with it and haven't switched back. Smaller bat knobs...
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    Tee thread?

    Thank you! I won't be hitting again until at least Thursday or Friday. It was 99 with a heat index of 113 today. Still hot tomorrow, but not as bad. Wednesday is out because the church has a big festival going on and even the ballfield gets used.
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    Tee thread?

    I hit 90 balls off the tee Monday afternoon using the new grip. I usually hit 60 - 2 rounds of 30 - but I felt good and was liking the results. I was consistently hitting line drives, and some had a little backspin as they'd rise a little after they cleared the infield. If I tried to generate...
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    What’s going on with Marucci?

    That brings to mind the shirts that were in a few years ago where each panel/section was a different color. It looked to me like they just sewed together whatever scraps they had. That glove looks the same. I'd never buy one.
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    Tee thread?

    I mentioned earlier that for some reason in the spring I automatically gripped the bat overlapping 2 fingers, which I'd never done. After yesterday's adjustment of gripping the bat loosely with my top hand, when I picked up the bat to hit in today's game I had 3 fingers overlapped, with my thumb...
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    Tee thread?

    For the last few weeks, the middle and ring fingers have been getting torqued something awful when I hit off the tee or in games, whether I overlap one finger or two. Getting one or both jammed when I was putting the tag on a runner at 3rd didn't help. I figured out today that I've been gripping...
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    Tee thread?

    I used the green Mach 1 in my first at bat Sunday. Made good contact between the R and T in Worth, right where I'd expect the sweet spot to be, but the bat just didn't feel like it was as ready as I thought. Switched back to the white Mach 1 for the rest of the day. I hit another 60 off the tee...
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    Serious question about bat weight

    There are 30 oz composite bats out there yet, but they're hard to find. I'm 68 and still swing a 30 oz. I've bought 2 30 oz Worth Mach 1s in the past year. One is a 2021 model and the other is a '22. I have some 28s, some of which are more endloaded than some of the 30s. Anything under 28 is a...
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    Work the Count or Swing For a Hit?

    Way back when I started playing and we got 4 balls, 3 strikes and no foul-outs, I was patient and took walks. When I moved to a 35+ league, one of the pitchers we faced would put the 1st pitch right down the middle. That was the only pitch you'd want to swing at. Everything after that was pretty...
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    Tee thread?

    I hit 60 balls Monday evening with the green Worth Mach 1 I bought from arther itis in December. The last 45 swings were the first hard swings I've taken with that bat. Facing southwest with a 20 mph wind blowing out of the southeast, I was happy with the line drives I was hitting to left...
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    How many bats do you own?

    Without actually looking, I probably have about 15, including several alloy bats, that I could/would use in the right situation. I have others that are old and not what I'd use for anything.
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    Tee thread?

    Thank you! When I came up with the first one, a teammate said I was a genius! I didn't argue the point. I don't have a creative bone in my body in the sense of coming up with something new, but I'm really good at adapting things that were meant for an entirely different purpose. I can also look...
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    Hitting tips for opposite field hitting.

    I'm a low pitch, opposite field hitter, which most everyone I regularly hit against should know, but even the pitchers I've played against for 20 years haven't figured out that I don't like and can't hit pitches up and in.
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    Tee thread?

    My tee is probably different than what anyone else is using. I used to use, and still have, the kind with the heavy rubber home plate as a base. They're too heavy and awkward to easily carry, and storing them in the JobBox at the field wears out the base where the nut is, either due to sideways...
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    Tee thread?

    When I posted the above post, the weather looked like it was warming up and I had visions of hitting off the tee at least a couple of times a week. It was right at 80 degrees the last Sunday in Feb and the first Sunday in March, so a few of my teammates and I got together for live bp. The wind...
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    Miken USA/ASA bats.

    A young guy who subbed for my team a few times last year had a balanced Primo. He's not a big guy by any means, but one of the best athletes I've been around. He hit 2 HRs the 1st game he played with us. The bat sounded like it shattered every time he dropped it. When I asked how long he'd had...
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    Where do you play?

    I'd say He feels sorry for you. You're also a step closer to 1st.
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    Tee thread?

    I've waited far too long to join this thread, so here goes. I'm 68 and play doubleheaders in a rec league with the young guys on Sundays. I'm retired, so I have plenty of time to hit, and virtually unlimited access to the ballfield at my church where we hosted a co-ed league for 20 years. The...
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    DC41 Supermax

    Remember when .44/375s were the mush balls?
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