Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

[kylehess10]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Were maple bats produced in 2008 marked with a black dot on the handle? If so, were only bats for MLB players marked as such, or all bats?

I believe that started this year. I haven't seen any bats from 2008 like that

[LWMM]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Were maple bats produced in 2008 marked with a black dot on the handle? If so, were only bats for MLB players marked as such, or all bats?

[kylehess10]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

BMH - Thanks SO much for that info. I had originally thought it went to atleast the end of the season....and I was actually curious as to why a Casey Kotchman bat I have still has the tape job on it. It was from late-August, which was after the study was over apparently. I appreciate it!


TigerSteve - Same here. I keep my stickers on them because it's interesting seeing all these random stickers from the study. Just having bats involved in the study is pretty cool to have in my opinion.

[TigerSteve]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Not from the playoffs but I've got a few bats with the study stickers on them from the Tigers. I havnt bothered to take off any of the stickers yet, I think it's kind of cool.

-Steve
shortyx517@hotmail.com

[BMH]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

It ended in the beginning of August.

[kylehess10]

I know for a fact that the study involving broken bats started on July 2nd, 2008, but does anyone know exactly when it ended? I'm stuck wondering if it ended once the season ended or if this study took broken bats from the playoffs as well. Does anybody have a MLB authenticated bat from the playoffs last year with the blue tape or weird randomly-numbered stickers on it (from the study)?