Bat Cracks Please ASSIST!!

[relenski]

Hey I bought a Miken Freak bat and i have noticed some cracks in the barrel. Not used to having a white bat so I dont know if these cracks are something that I should worry about or if it is just break in process. I think the bat has about 300-400 swings on it maybe a little more. I live in Wisconsin and the weather here likes to hover around the 40 to 50 degree range for a long time so Im forced to game hit this in colder weather. I have attached pictures take a look and tell me what you guys think. THANKS

http://img818.imageshack.us/g/img0340ia.jpg/

Seeking 2nd opinions....

 

[OG_\FlyingPigs]

looks like a bad crack.

 

[miken-mv1]

Are they raised? Or sunk into the bat?

 

[Hacksaw34]

Try this out, you will get better help

http://forums.softballfans.com/showthread.php?t=679269

 

[relenski]

If i rub my fingers over them you can barely feel them. I was told that it was the clear coat?

 

[AveregeJay]

Clear coat is clear.

 

[miken-mv1]

If they're sunk into the bat, theyre scratchs... If its raised up off the bat, then theyre cracks

 

[Sinyk]

You can see in the first picture that it's not the clear coat. I would say that bat doesn't have many hits left.

 

[Jclinard]

Clear coat is clear.

Clearly your answer^

 

[relenski]

 

[-Six-]

swing till it breaks then submit the pics to the dead bats thread. RIP.

 

[miken-mv1]

They look like scratches to me, bc every miken ive broke shark toothed, not just a clean straight crack like those

 

[n8ss03]

sharktooth!

 

[miken-mv1]

^^^^ now this is a crack

 

[-Six-]

yeah dude some hater keyed your bat.

 

[Kramit]

sharktooth!

Sharptooth??

looks cracked

 

[Big Sexy 5334]

Bout to open like a can o' biscuits....JMHO

 

[-Six-]

Sharptooth??

looks cracked

naw dude he said snaggletooth

 

[Fireman Crawler]

Sharptooth??

looks cracked

The land before time was the greatest dinosaur cartoon ever. Ever I tell you.

 

[cheato]

it looks good to go right now but probably is on it's last leg

 

[dr0p]

This happened to mine after it went on a weight loss plan.

It's still going strong and the cracks look very very similiar.

You're GTG. The Dr. just took a little bit too much out.

 

[Aguynamedpat]

Sharptooth??

looks cracked

 

[Thundercats]

They look like scratches to me, bc every miken ive broke shark toothed, not just a clean straight crack like those

don't these have metal sleeves in them tho??

 

[sprtfan]

The first and third pick looks like scratches to me, the 2nd pic looks like a crack though.

 

[HvyHitter#4]

I had a DST that did the same thing, you will continue to get spiral cracks until it snaps...mine lasted about 75 swings.

 

[hydro1]

Yep she done and that thing has more than 400 hits on her

 

[wrenchen-man]

looks like scratches to me from rocks or the fence don't worry about it. I have often had to do double takes of my bats for similar scratches.

 

[knooch21]

I had a DST that did the same thing, you will continue to get spiral cracks until it snaps...mine lasted about 75 swings.

I see you play on NO SKILLZ w/ my boys Shawn Volle & Jason Gaddis...good guys there,just keep Jason from drinking too much & Shawn from letting his girlie side come out when he's drinking,,drinks alot of lime beers.

I'd say they look like scratches until he 3rd pic where you can see a faint glimpse of a jagged turn after it comes out of the bottom side of the "K"

 

[TheJackal666]

Send it back and get an F98.

 

[DegoGiantsFan48]

swing till it breaks then submit the pics to the dead bats thread. RIP.

This right here ^^^^