BOL Round Table

The WSL State Tourney is in Troy this weekend.

I enjoy playing church league softball if my team won't stick me in the outfield, much better middle infielder and catcher. But our team always sucks, and I've always been a Charley Hustle kind of guy and down here if you slide into a base you just about start a brawl. I'm not trying to take a fielder off the base, it's just an instinct thing....even though i've never played baseball.

Dead on! I actually find Co-Ed more fun now. It's more layed back and you got something nice to look at while you play.

This is with a Miken Mv-3 (not rolled or shaved)

Softball Guy On First Date

That's good stuff!

The bats and balls have been dumbed down considerably since the Miken Ultra days. Shaving today's 98 mph & 100 mph bats is merely an attempt to achieve performance similar to that of the "hot bat" era. Be that as it may, the vast majority of shaved bats still fall short of the performance of the super hot bats of yesteryear.

Rolling a bat is nothing more than a method of breaking in new, stiff, composite bat. Composite bats will eventually break in with enough hits, but that takes time. Rolling simply short cuts the process. Rolling a bat is completely legitimate in my view. I definitely roll all of my new bats before they come out of the wrappers.

Even with all of the shaving and rolling shenanigans, the softball powers that be have succeeded in slowing the ball down. I don't see nearly the home runs being hit in today's game compared to just a few years ago. Personally I've gone from being a legitimate home run hitting threat to a place hitter. I use to average around one home run a game. Now I might hit one every 5th or 6th game. I attribute it more to the 40 core balls than the bats, but it is a function of both.