Wood bat care

Hit with the logo up (or down)

On maple and birch, you want contact on the face of the grain. On an Outlaw bat, that means the bandit logo facing straight up or straight down when you make contact.

Use real baseballs

Rubber cage balls and dimpled pitching-machine balls are hard on wood and cause early breaks. Save the wood bat for leather balls.

Watch the cold

Wood gets brittle in cold weather. Below about 50°F, expect more breaks, and consider a practice bat you don’t mind losing.

Store it right

• Keep it out of hot cars, trunks and damp garages; big swings in heat and moisture weaken wood.
• Don’t bang it on cleats or the fence; dents become cracks.
• Wipe off pine tar and dirt so you can spot dents and cracks early.

Rotate your bats

Use an Outlaw for BP and cage rounds, and save your game bat for games. At $89.99, that’s the whole point.

Outlaw bats don’t carry a warranty. If something was wrong when it arrived, see Returns & breakage.