Pennies on a bat barrell??

[TFig27]

Just picked up this bat and noticed odd markings on the bat barrel. Looking closer I saw they were impressions of pennies, long lines of pennies all along the barrel.

Does anyone have any idea at all why this is???

I tried to take some pics of it.

Thanks
Tom

TFig27@aol.com

[BoneRubbedBat]

Looks like it was covered in pennies, wrapped with tape, and used for some weighted BP.

[kylehess10]

Looks like it was covered in pennies, wrapped with tape, and used for some weighted BP.

That's exactly what I was going to say

[joecoco]

Ok, I am going to be the first to say this: Perhaps this bat belonged to Brad PENNY? Sorry, I could not resist.

- Joe Cocozzella - The guy always looking for Mientkiewicz bats!

[chakes89]

It's a Nick Swisher bat for anyone that is interested

[tcfor3]

This bat was used for a drill to work on hitting breaking balls and/or offspeed pitches for hitters who typically pull the ball.

Pennies are taped on the barrel of the bat to help a batter work on hitting offspeed pitches to the opposite field. When the batter makes solid contact, the pennies leave a deep impression in the wood. The more deep impressions, the better the batter is at hitting the ball where it is pitched.

The pennies also add some weight to the bat which aids in the batter hitting the pitch farther back in the hitting zone which in turn helps them to hit to the opposite field, or at least up the middle.

This drill is fairly common in the low minors for batters who are adjusting to the switch from metal to wood bats so they don't break as many bats by trying to pull offspeed pitches.

Swisher may have used this bat in Spring Training to prepare for the regular season.

[grenda12]

This bat was used for a drill to work on hitting breaking balls and/or offspeed pitches for hitters who typically pull the ball.

Pennies are taped on the barrel of the bat to help a batter work on hitting offspeed pitches to the opposite field. When the batter makes solid contact, the pennies leave a deep impression in the wood. The more deep impressions, the better the batter is at hitting the ball where it is pitched.

The pennies also add some weight to the bat which aids in the batter hitting the pitch farther back in the hitting zone which in turn helps them to hit to the opposite field, or at least up the middle.

This drill is fairly common in the low minors for batters who are adjusting to the switch from metal to wood bats so they don't break as many bats by trying to pull offspeed pitches.

Swisher may have used this bat in Spring Training to prepare for the regular season.

Interesting to know.