re: Ben McDonald picks UL-L as the best Louisiana team

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s it common to beat the crap out of the bats on something other than a baseball to exaggerate this trampoline effect much quicker than normal wear and tear would?

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Yes it is. People wrap them.in towels and beat them against a tree, hit them rubber mallets and also hit them with ball mallets. This loosens up the inside composite material and makes the bat more broken in and "hotter" probably adds anywhere from 20-50 feet on a fly ball.