The shop that I had a lot of my stuff drilled at all seems to have a cracking problem around the fingers. In fact, I can think of only 1 ball that they worked on that hasn't cracked either around the fingers or bridge. I first noticed the problem when I switched to grips. Before the grips are installed, I noticed that the holes met at the bottom and would cause cracking beneath the surface. They are supposedly drilled with 3/8 right on the ring and 3/8 left on the middle. I do not know if there isn't enough lateral to keep them from meeting or if they are not making the bridge wide enough. 1 particular ball has had to have the fingers plugged 5 times now because of cracking. It's cracked out again but I'm done paying to have it "fixed" by them.
Is this a drilling issue with the shop, too much or improper gluing of the grips, or a combination of both? I have since started using another shop that is a LOT farther away and haven't had a bit of trouble.
Don
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"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem."
~Dusty Baker being a total fool
