Broken Bat?
It's sad, but it's true: wood bats break. (With a few incredible exceptions.)
The lucky ones will get hundreds of at-bats, lasting for months or even years, before the strain finally gets to them.
Others are not so lucky.
Growing Pains
Often, the culprit is user error.
Every bat has a sweet spot-- a section of the barrel designed to be hit-- and sometimes players miss it. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot.
A bad hit here or there isn't the end of the world, or even the bat. Most of the time, the bat'll just take a hit to its lifespan and keep on swinging. So long as you're learning as you go and continue to improve in technique and accuracy, you're bats should have long, healthy, successful careers.
But Beware...
There is one user error that can get very serious very fast, and it's important you know to avoid it.
A bad hit off the end of the bat, on or near the cupping, has the potential to do real damage. This is because the force of the ball travels down the length of the bat rather than its width, coming to a head at the bat's weakest structural point: the handle. This is most common when trying to get out in front of the ball and end up "cueballing" it. Doesn't make for a good play, and comes at a high price.
So What Do I About It?
Well, for one, practice. Practice, practice, practice. Repetition is key when trying to get better at anything.
If you're here because you have broken a bat: if you bought bat insurance within the past 30 days, you're covered.
In order to process your return, we will just need a quick series of shots so we can evaluate what went wrong.
Here are the pictures we need need to help evaluate why your bat broke.
Instructions
Send us an email (sales@birchbats.com) with your Order ID and the following pictures. (Careful about file size. Less than 1MB is ideal.)
1. Face grain of the Bat with logo up - 
2. Face grain of Bat with logo down - 
3. Edge grain of bat with logo left - 
4. Edge grain of bat with logo right - 
5. End of the bat with logo up - 
6. End of the bat with logo down - 
