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thatcoolguy_22
04-02-2013, 05:41 AM
So I just joined a new team in an adult baseball league with our first game in 2 weeks. Last year's team decided that the manager would buy a new team bat for the 2013 season and everyone would pay their portion. They drafted me and now expect me to pay my 23$ portion like everyone else. The problem is, I have my own bat. I'm only playing on this team for half the season before I move to England. The league here in Korea allows a -5 oz weight differential and the league in England has a -3oz rule. My bat is -3 and end loaded. 1) I don't want to swing a balanced bat with a -5 before playing for 3 seasons with a -3. 2) I was not apart of the decision to buy a new team bat last year. 3) everyone on the team can use my bat if they want for free. 4) I will be paying a full season worth while only playing half the year.
Am I being unreasonable by not wanting to pay for the "team bat?"
Patrick Bateman
04-02-2013, 10:38 AM
No. You are the only one one being reasonable.
There is zero reason for you to pay. Let everyone else pay the extra $2 each to get their bat.
Backup Catcher
04-02-2013, 10:52 AM
First, it's great to know baseball is alive & well in the "Land of Morning Calm".
I served there '87-'88. If you are going to be with the team for a half season, offer to pay a half share. That way you are contributing to the team for the time you are a team member.
잘다녀오십시오!
Redsfaithful
04-02-2013, 06:08 PM
It's $23. Is this really the hill you want to die on?
I know that can be a lot of money to some, I don't want to minimize it, but it's a small amount of money to engender some good will with your team. Be the good guy here, in general I find that not worrying about small amounts of money among friends and relatives (presumably you consider them friends) is always the way to go and pays off over time.
So I just joined a new team in an adult baseball league with our first game in 2 weeks. Last year's team decided that the manager would buy a new team bat for the 2013 season and everyone would pay their portion. They drafted me and now expect me to pay my 23$ portion like everyone else. The problem is, I have my own bat. I'm only playing on this team for half the season before I move to England. The league here in Korea allows a -5 oz weight differential and the league in England has a -3oz rule. My bat is -3 and end loaded. 1) I don't want to swing a balanced bat with a -5 before playing for 3 seasons with a -3. 2) I was not apart of the decision to buy a new team bat last year. 3) everyone on the team can use my bat if they want for free. 4) I will be paying a full season worth while only playing half the year.
Am I being unreasonable by not wanting to pay for the "team bat?"
There is no I in team.
JaxRed
04-02-2013, 07:24 PM
OK...... old school here..... what the hell kind of bat is this that costs $250 or more.....?
thatcoolguy_22
04-02-2013, 10:53 PM
It's $23. Is this really the hill you want to die on?
I know that can be a lot of money to some, I don't want to minimize it, but it's a small amount of money to engender some good will with your team. Be the good guy here, in general I find that not worrying about small amounts of money among friends and relatives (presumably you consider them friends) is always the way to go and pays off over time.
True. I don't know these guys at all and its only 20$. I guess it was just the principle of it. Oh here's to my warning track power taking me to an all-star game appearance.
TeamSelig
04-03-2013, 11:33 AM
Just let them know what you filled us in on. I don't think it would be a huge deal.
Yachtzee
04-03-2013, 11:45 AM
OK...... old school here..... what the hell kind of bat is this that costs $250 or more.....?
Maybe it has a built in MP3 player so that you can play your own intro music.
coachpipe
04-03-2013, 12:14 PM
OK...... old school here..... what the hell kind of bat is this that costs $250 or more.....?
Every bat now days..And $250 for a bat isnt even top of the line
Boston Red
04-03-2013, 12:53 PM
I remember paying over $100 for a bat in 1992. So $250 in 2013 does not seem out of line.
Tommyjohn25
04-03-2013, 01:51 PM
Every bat now days..And $250 for a bat isnt even top of the line
Yep, and if you pay less than $100 for one you may as well throw it right in the garbage.
dougdirt
04-06-2013, 02:22 PM
Yep, and if you pay less than $100 for one you may as well throw it right in the garbage.
Yep. My friend bought one for $75 a few years ago. We went out and I threw some to him. He is 6'4" 200 and I was throwing, 70, tops. After about 20 minutes, the bat was literally bent from that. We couldn't believe it.
Razor Shines
04-07-2013, 02:39 PM
OK...... old school here..... what the hell kind of bat is this that costs $250 or more.....?
A cheap one.
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Yachtzee
04-07-2013, 11:10 PM
Ah, for the days when you could go down to your local hardware store and buy a good Johnny Bench model Louisville Slugger wood bat for less than $10.
I purchased three bats in my baseball playing days. Said Johnny Bench model, a Bake McBride signature Adirondack wood bat, and an aluminum bat, all in the early to mid '80s. The Johnny Bench bat broke, which was heart-wrenching. The aluminum bat got dented to all hell when I moved up to the 16-17 year old league, and the Bake McBride was still kicking around last I heard, being used by my brother-in-law for softball.
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