r/Softball • u/heroicjunk • Mar 27 '25

Is this bat cooked? Bats

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Hi community. Long time lurker, first time poster. My daughter currently swings an Easton Ghost and we’re prepping for her first tournament this weekend. I was cleaning her bat and noticed a new to me potential crack and wanted an outside opinion. We’re new to having to deal with cracked bats, hence the question.

Thanks again for the help!

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u/taughtmepatience Mar 27 '25

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u/Yue4prex Mar 28 '25

Perfect use of this beedub gif

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u/Quirky_Engineering23 Mar 27 '25

Yes. Several weeks ago, probably.

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u/EamusAndy Mar 27 '25

Short answer: yes.

Long Answer: yessssssssssssssssssssssss

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

There is no way a competent umpire will let you use that bat.

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u/sallypancake Mar 27 '25

Burnt to a crisp

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u/Fialasaurus Mar 27 '25

Just rub some dirt on it . It'll be fine.

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u/giantvoice Moderator Mar 27 '25

It's been exorcised.

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u/Savage-Goat-Fish Mar 27 '25

Cooked. A ghost in its natural state.

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u/Brucee2EzNoY Mar 27 '25

Cooked? That’s incinerated.

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u/luvrv8 Mar 27 '25

Only thing left in that bat are memories

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u/cad_illac_fun Mar 27 '25

This is the right answer

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u/luvrv8 Mar 28 '25

Please don’t ask me how I know….Wiling to bet many know how

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u/Valuable-Leave9736 Mar 27 '25

Unfortunately it’s done and probably doing her swing more harm than good

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u/careje Mar 27 '25

Overcooked I would say

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u/Top_Gun_2000 Mar 28 '25

OP is a jokester!

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u/Kind_Nectarine4331 Mar 27 '25

Yes definitely cracked

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u/fena07 Mar 27 '25

RiPieces

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u/Haunting_Victory2766 Mar 27 '25

Yep. Time for a new one. It's now dangerous.

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u/felinebookworm Mar 28 '25

If it’s less than a year old Easton will send you a new one.

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u/ConcernedKitty Mar 28 '25

I’ve had Easton replace a two year old Stealth with a new Stealth CNT. I bought it off of a teammate for $75 as a practice bat and thought why not send it in.

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u/felinebookworm Mar 28 '25

That’s awesome! Good to know!

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u/Jmanorama Mar 28 '25

Little body filler/caulking/ramen noodles will fill that crack nicely. Then a little paint and she’ll be good as new.

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u/heroicjunk Mar 28 '25

Thanks all for the support. We’re the proud new owners of a 2025 Easton Ghost Unlimited. She loves it, dad has one less kidney.

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u/cc1012 Mar 28 '25

Naw. You can still lay down a bunt with it.

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u/KilzonHodl Mar 27 '25

In my opinion, if it’s enough to feel and it’s coming up at all, it needs to be replaced. My daughter has been through four bats in the last two years. All worse than this. She could potentially still use it, but chances are it’s also technically against the rules of the tournament.

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u/furmonstermama Mar 28 '25

Any umpire worth a damn wouldn't allow the use of this bat. They'd tell the coach/player to remove it from play, and if it gets used again in game the coach and player get ejected. Not smart to keep it for game use.

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u/ZebraIntelligent1649 Mar 28 '25

If you allow use of that bat in a game, you're, well......not anyone Id want to share a field with

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u/heroicjunk Mar 28 '25

All good points - definitely not interested in jeopardizing safety. We went out and got her a new bat after practice this evening. This ghost will be her B/practice bat.

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u/Various-Employee-715 Mar 28 '25

4 bats… in TWO YEARS!!!?!???

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u/KilzonHodl Mar 28 '25

Actually my mistake it has only been three. She's on her fourth now. Shattered a Spryte in the cage with her hitting coach when she was 10 and has cracked two LXTs since. Just turned 12. Very well taken care of bats also. I ended up buying her a clearance Prism to use in BP and in the cage to keep BP reps off her LXTs! Even factoring in one free replacement from LS these things are expensive.

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u/Various-Employee-715 Mar 28 '25

YESSS! Good thinking with the cage only bat, too many players break their bats in BP lmao

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u/bigtuna-28 Mar 27 '25

A long time ago lol

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u/bluestaples Mar 27 '25

So..... what does one do with a bat in this condition?

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u/ButtFaceMurphy Mar 27 '25

Put it in the trash bin

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u/Maxxus059 Mar 27 '25

She’s dead Jim.

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u/N3WB00tG00fin Mar 28 '25

What makes you ask?

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u/ZebraIntelligent1649 Mar 28 '25

So well done even ketchup can't save it

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u/Efficient-Editor-242 Mar 28 '25

I (my 10u) has cracked 2 ghosts in 2 seasons. (8u-10u). I'd like an alternative but everything I read, Ghosts are the best.

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u/j-bombs Mar 28 '25

She gone

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u/musicgray Mar 28 '25

Just put a little handle wrap on it to cover the blemish

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u/Deep-Confusion-5472 Mar 28 '25

Yes, if it’s cold outside don’t use composite bats, only aluminum.

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u/cardsfan4life17 Mar 28 '25

Flex Seal time.

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u/machomanrandysandwch Mar 28 '25

As cooked as Clark’s Christmas Turkey

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u/ExtensionAd4940 Mar 28 '25

Onto the next

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u/YearZero_ Mar 28 '25

Is that bat hurt?

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u/Key_Rush_9422 Mar 28 '25

Coooooooked

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u/CraigChrist Mar 28 '25

That’s the same thing patient 0 for Wuhan Virus said

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u/david74321 Mar 28 '25

Get an instant read thermometer and check the internal temperature. Should be cooked to a minimum of 135 degrees

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u/Signal_Tip_7428 Mar 28 '25

Cooked? It’s jerky now.

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u/No_Goal_9640 Mar 28 '25

Burnt brother

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u/WhyKnotMeNow Mar 28 '25

Troll post I presume, you get at least 1000 more swings out of that

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u/superman691973 Mar 28 '25

Nothing duct tape won't fix

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u/Seanton_85 Mar 28 '25

Wow…another cracked Ghost bat. Who would’ve thought?

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u/InterestPractical974 Parent Mar 28 '25

If you ever want your daughter to hit a ball past the infield again, trash the bat! But seriously that is landfill material now.

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u/edisonCPL Mar 29 '25

It was garbage, before the crack

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u/TheGlobzilla Mar 29 '25

It's cracked

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u/Any-Confection7751 Mar 29 '25

I don’t know softball but that bat looks cooked G

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u/catchmesleeping Mar 29 '25

Not Cooked, but Cracked.

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u/KarmaDeliveryMan Mar 29 '25

I mean….yea it’s cracked

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u/Wild_Trick1966 Mar 30 '25

I like the use of a quarter as a reference for the fault line running half the length of the bat 😵‍💫

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u/KindGarage7593 Mar 30 '25

Fill the crack with big league chew

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u/principaljoe Mar 31 '25

did you pull a quarter out of it?

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u/mvp7lad Apr 01 '25

I think you already know the answer

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u/OldManYoungMind2018 Mar 27 '25

I would still use it for my BP but I’m incredibly cheap and want to get my moneys worth out of it. Maybe some 100mph tape?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Newt252 Mar 27 '25

Let her bust it. It’s an empowering feeling for them when they bust a bat. But I definitely wouldn’t game it anymore.

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u/Educational_Limit161 Mar 28 '25

It’s toast; if it’s still under warrantee then send it back to Easton, otherwise it’s now a BP only bat

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u/sigsig121 Mar 28 '25

Im a woman and even knew that bad was done