Message board »Message Board home »Sign-in or register to get started
Online now: 1 member: TABLE SETTER 11; 51 anonymousDiscussion: Equipment
| Posted | Discussion |
| Nov. 2, 2014 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | Equipment I don't know about others, but I like to keep my equipment stored at room temperature during the offseason. Excessive cold in my opinion is more brutal on bats than excessive heat. It will also compromise most pitchers masks from what I've seen. Anybody else feel this way? |
| Nov. 3, 2014 Fred S Men's 85 297 posts | I don't thing the cold is going to hurt bats or face masks. I keep mine in the back of my pickup all winger (Ma.) as I hit outdoors all winter for exercise. I do keep my Glove indoors as the cold would make the leather stiff. |
| Nov. 4, 2014 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | The excess cold will make any joint contract on masks. It will also make some brittle. Excess heat will melt some of the masks, and they will not back into the place they were before. I'm not talking anything extreme, just enough to damage the integrity of the mask. I got my info from a sporting goods store owner, who got it from his distributor. Fred S, you don't hit with your senior bats do you? I've often kept my broken bats to hit BP with in colder weather. |
| Nov. 5, 2014 Fred S Men's 85 297 posts | Nice to know about the mask. I am one of the odd ones. I don't use Senior bats. Tried one a few years ago and all I did was hit into some nice looking long outs. During my 2nd tournament that year I went back to my MUT98 and started hitting my singles/doubles and let the big boys knock me in. I use my PST98, EST XGold and a Hammer during the winter months. |
| Nov. 5, 2014 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | wayne it is the reason i use a metal mask.....i have never had a prol with my bats being stored in my truck......but hey who is to say ......any studies done that you know of.... |
| Dec. 1, 2014 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | Just speaking from experience, Bobby. Most anything with swell, or contract with weather changes. Just look at door jambs when the weather changes for example. Years ago, I had a pair of Air Nikes in a car, and one of heals blew out due to the excessive heat. |
| Dec. 1, 2014 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | WAYNE...I have had to glue soles back onto some of my softball shoes b/c of the heat here....have had the heat affect some things like the padding in my masks also.....cold not so much... that i could see... |
| Dec. 13, 2014 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | Clean the pads of the masks. That will help preserve the leather. Dirt, and sweat are tough on those things. |
