listen i have nothing to prove to anyone...i am selling it so i can buy the 26oz pinky bat...if not ill keep it and for sure sell it for 400 or more at my tourney this weekend. so take it or leave it. it is what it is i dotn care either way....the value of this bat is due to the fact that its not available in this weight until mid august. if you want it great of not then c ya...someome else will