Posted by: mark () on Tue Feb 3 05:44:06 2004

Where should the label be facing on a wood bat when swinging? As a kid, we had the label face the catcher when the bat is held out over the plate. It seemed to have worked then.
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> > > I have recently read where a major league catcher (I forgot who) told a batter to get his label up (facing the sky with the bat held over the plate). Which is correct?
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> > At contact the label should be either face up or face down. The first time I hit with a wood bat I had the label facing the catcher and broke it.
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> Ever look at a mlb player's bat? They have marks all over it, bats dont break if you hit them off the barrel. If you get jammed or get it badly off the end, which way you had the label facing will do you no good.



look at the grain of the bat.....don't hit the ball against the grain,,,imagine a telephone book...hit the ball on the cover of the book not on the open page side.