Crooked bats?

[lukeamdman]

Over the years I've now had two bats (both Mikens) that were crooked. The first one was a 2017 DC-41 ASA, and most recently a Freak Primo Supermax.

With both of these you could barely see visually that they were crooked, but it became much more obvious when you put the bat on a flat surface and rolled it.

Here's a quick video of the bent Primo compared to a KP23:

Anyone else have this issue or am I just that lucky?

 

[milesej05]

Kinda hard to take this seriously when you don't show that the barrel is staying flat on the ground when you are rolling it.

 

[ilyk2win]

That's just a players model.

 

[Squatchzilla]

extra lag...more whip

 

[lukeamdman]

Kinda hard to take this seriously when you don't show that the barrel is staying flat on the ground when you are rolling it.

So I'm intentionally making the primo wobble and the kp23 not?

 

[tonys1]

Buddy of mine is saying the same with his EST XL ASA.

 

[etnstudios]

acute for pulling, obtuse for backside

 

[sscroggin]

You obviously swing to fast and bent the handle or just poor quality control.

 

[Jusrah99]

I thought you shouldn’t roll your bats?!

 

[Normy]

So do you notice any type of difference whatsoever when swinging? Just curious.

 

[arther itis]

 

[Normy]

Ergonomic handle

 

[Hiltz]

 

[lukeamdman]

So do you notice any type of difference whatsoever when swinging? Just curious.

I brought the 17' DC to a BP and several of us were hitting more inconsistently than normal. That led to one of the guys looking at it because he thought it was crooked, and sure enough it was.

Miken replaced it under warranty without question but now I check every bat I get.

 

[dunkky]

how many grounders and poppers checking your bat now. LOL

 

[lukeamdman]

how many grounders and poppers checking your bat now. LOL

Is that a question?

 

[dunkky]

nope. a joke to every bad hitter who's watching this thread. I know i am checking mine. lol

 

[Hiltz]

Is that a question?

It was barely English.

 

[milesej05]

So I'm intentionally making the primo wobble and the kp23 not?

K...

 

[tonys1]

Crooked Mikens > Combat.

 

[Normy]

Crooked Mikens > Combat.

Might have to look into getting one of these...

 

[msw4indy]

I've never dealt with a crooked bat but I do have a 2017 Worth EST that was my return for a broken one, that measures in at 33.75" instead of 34.

 

[Pretty]

For the guys that have been around, some might remember the exact bats but there were some worth/ mikes around 2013 that the taper and handle connection area , the taper hole wasn’t centered exact creating what your video shows. I think it was the jh pinky asa and the freak black.

 

[rkjunior]

I'd take slightly crooked over telescoping after 50 swings.

 

[lukeamdman]

I'd take slightly crooked over telescoping after 50 swings.

That hasn't happened to me yet.

 

[Hiltz]

For the guys that have been around, some might remember the exact bats but there were some worth/ mikes around 2013 that the taper and handle connection area , the taper hole wasn’t centered exact creating what your video shows. I think it was the jh pinky asa and the freak black.

I think it was just about every 2 piece Worth/Miken. That's what gave rise to the hilarious "BP side/game side" rumour.

 

[Mrchata]

I brought the 17' DC to a BP and several of us were hitting more inconsistently than normal. That led to one of the guys looking at it because he thought it was crooked, and sure enough it was.

Miken replaced it under warranty without question but now I check every bat I get.

Got me in the garage checking the arsenal lol!!!!

 

[johnny fitz]

This happens ... do you ever have your bats under **** in the trunk? Drop something on them? (Heavy bag of balls... bricks... ladder...) you can bend them by doing dumb **** like this. I have. If not I’m sure the good folks at Miken will do a return for you. Machines aren’t perfect. I’ve seen it though.

 

[The BP Hero]

For the guys that have been around, some might remember the exact bats but there were some worth/ mikes around 2013 that the taper and handle connection area , the taper hole wasn’t centered exact creating what your video shows. I think it was the jh pinky asa and the freak black.

there were some others lumped in there too. Just about all of them from that period had a little bit of that imperfection to them.

I would agree with you and say that’s probably what’s going on here as well.