exccsracer
Scrooge McBase
One was new without the wrapper and the other supposedly had 25 hits but I couldn't see where a ball had struck it.
Holy Collections! (pretty jealous)
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One was new without the wrapper and the other supposedly had 25 hits but I couldn't see where a ball had struck it.
I don't collect bats, I only collect bags full of bats. 1 bag for ASA, 1 for a local outlaw league, 1 for tourneys. 16 sticks total, but I use every bat in each set of double headers I play. I think you need to be able to hit with a few different bats at any given time. I use some solely for opposite field and a few are guaranteed home runs. I also carry a few older bats for team mates. Last spring a team mate broke his Freak 98, go to since new, it took him all season to find another bat he was successful with.
I am willing to take all 3 st100h off your hands.
vipvanilla
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I'm a coach for a league team and would prefer to bring good bats for the team than have a couple of the cheap skates pick up some POS at a local department store and think they'll be able to hit well with it.
Queue "Why bring Combat if you want good bats?" jokes.
Queue "Why bring Combat if you want good bats?" jokes.
Softball101tc
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This gave me the laugh
fierce_gt
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for what it's worth, i often 'collect' several over the winter, try them in the spring, and then get rid of the ones i didn't like in the summer, then start all over again next year.
but sometimes, there's a bat that isn't worth getting rid of because the resale value is so low, or somebody on my team really likes it, so i hang onto it, or whatever.
so over the years, i've ended up with 5 or 6 bats that i don't use anymore, but don't sell either. guys have been doing this a lot longer than i have, so they have even more.
there's also that SBF's sickness, that you end up buying bats simply because they are a good deal...
there's also a big difference between guys that break a lot of bats and those who don't. i used to have 3 or 4 juggy's, then after 3 yrs, i realized i just wasn't going to break one anyway, so i got rid of the 'spares'. on the flip side, i break a LOT of hockey sticks. to the point that i usually don't even bother buying them one at a time anymore. anytime i find a new stick i like, i buy 2 or 3 at least.
but sometimes, there's a bat that isn't worth getting rid of because the resale value is so low, or somebody on my team really likes it, so i hang onto it, or whatever.
so over the years, i've ended up with 5 or 6 bats that i don't use anymore, but don't sell either. guys have been doing this a lot longer than i have, so they have even more.
there's also that SBF's sickness, that you end up buying bats simply because they are a good deal...
there's also a big difference between guys that break a lot of bats and those who don't. i used to have 3 or 4 juggy's, then after 3 yrs, i realized i just wasn't going to break one anyway, so i got rid of the 'spares'. on the flip side, i break a LOT of hockey sticks. to the point that i usually don't even bother buying them one at a time anymore. anytime i find a new stick i like, i buy 2 or 3 at least.
bimmerpilot
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ball go far
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i had around 40 at one time, was new to game and wanted to try out just about every bat that was legal for play
sold them off after i got married and started a family
sold them off after i got married and started a family
vlcmstnaz
volcom stone az
I still think this is a false assumption. My bzillion hit NRG hangs with the top new stamp bats, even with the 52s. And the NRG will probably last forever too, literally.
You may want to delete this and plead the 5th. New sales / trading (in the wrapper or not) is a banable offense.
fierce_gt
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agreed!
the only problem with the old bats and 52's is it takes FOREVER to break them in. once they are, there's no problem. the 52/300's don't make some bats suck and others super hot, they just tone down the differences between bats by reducing the performance of the hottest ones and increasing the performance of the crappiest ones. but the 'best' bat with 44's will still be the 'best' bat with 52's, it just won't be the 'best' by as much.
ball go far
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3 bats i have now cost me 240...
smokeum99ta
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I collected the bat (voltage) I liked because it was cheap and I could use it in all leagues and figured once everyone found out about them I could make some money. And it worked. Now I have a variety of bats that I didn't spend a dime on from all the wheeling and dealing I've done since the voltages skyrocketed.
Wolfynuts24
Jagoff
Yeah bro. I was hitting 52s with my dba, brokin in fu, and flex yesterday. The flex still hit the ball hotter.
ddoubler
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I have 5 OG freaks. Hard to find now a days and damn near impossible to buy new. You never know what type of life you'll get out of a used one either. That bats fits my swing the best and fortunately we can still use them around here.
Space_cadet
Star Player
mother of god.......this is a perfect example. I understand buying a bat, liking it a lot and you're afraid of next years models being crap. So you buy one maybe two more. But holy crap! you couldn't use all these in your life time!
Space_cadet
Star Player
and how the hell do you afford that??????
vlcmstnaz
volcom stone az
You make more money than me! The guy has an effing hangar to store his bats in. Don't worry about how rich people spend their money.
chrometip78
The Hungarian Barbarian
Somebody still has to have a super collection of over 100 bats.
I had 35 at peak, down to 15ish now, multiples of 5 different bats that all swing similarly for different associations and I take a lot of bp. Hardly a super collection but I have been through several hundred bats trying things out over the years.
I had 35 at peak, down to 15ish now, multiples of 5 different bats that all swing similarly for different associations and I take a lot of bp. Hardly a super collection but I have been through several hundred bats trying things out over the years.
rhound50
Rec Coed Superstar
I rarely pay more than $150 for bats, 10 bats means I probably spent $1000 to $1500 on bats. Certainly not a small sum of money but far less than people spend on a lot of other hobbies. I'm not rich, spending $1000 in one offseason would certainly get a WTF from my wife but when you consider its the only hobby I spend significant money on it's no gonna put me into bankruptcy either.
I have duplicates of certain bats because I take a lot of bp and I don't wanna break my gamers in bp so I pick up a 2nd one to break in so they will be game ready when my gamers break.
Pretty sure he got all those when the Extendeds were being sold for $100 NIW and then sold them for $300+ when they became popular. After that he could buy as many bats of whatever type he wanted to years and it was all paid for.
leftcenter01
on the down slope
Before I had kids I kept about 20 bats around, now its 3 or 4. I cant see any serious tourney player only having 1 bat these days. Im not a masher and a new stamp stick just don't last like they used to, so a back up is a must have for me. I have broken 10 or so bats in 20 years but Im not about to go to a tourney with a 1000 hit cl22 thinking Im safe for the weekend.
vlcmstnaz
volcom stone az
^^^this. But I think the days of hoarding and making a 200%+ profit are over. I no longer expect to be able to buy a bat, swing it for a while, and sell it for a profit. Now I'm happy to break even or take a small loss. Some might make a profit on their Black Friday K U S purchases. But that is not the result of an appreciating bat, just buying at the right time.
chrometip78
The Hungarian Barbarian
This^ I thought there would be more stocking up on the same bat nowadays for this exact reason and staying with what you like. Makes more sense than having 10 Freak98's.
chrometip78
The Hungarian Barbarian
Hang on to the metal bats, 15 Combats may not get you through the year.