Wood bats were the only choice for any batter in the game of baseball until the mid 1970’s. But today, wood bats are used far less often than aluminum bats on both the baseball and softball diamonds. Pros are required to use wood bats, and for safety reasons, some high school leagues have recently...
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Today playing baseball no longer means you will experience the wonderful “crack of the bat” sound that brings back countless memories. Below is an overview of the different baseball bat materials available today:
White Ash
The majority of wood baseball bats today are made from northern white ash harvested from Pennsylvania or New York. White ash...
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Major problem areas are arrcurate dating of bats, show or reproduction bats being mistaken for vintage originals or store bats thought to be game used! These show/repro bats are usually labeled as mint or nrmt/mt examples of very collectible vintage bats. However these bats were actually made for card or autograph shows...
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Most wood bats today are made from Northern White Ash generally harvested in Pennsylvania and Upstate New York. It is graded for quality with straight grain being the most important criteria. (Southern Ash grows too quickly and is not as dense, uneven grain lines). Major League grade is of course, the best and is...
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The Rise Of Birch Baseball Bats
For over 100 hundred years, there has been a consistent king in the wood bat world. This one hundred year plus period has included many of the games most dominating diamond legends to ever set foot inside a batter’s box. Legends that include the likes of Ruth, Cobb, DiMaggio,...
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Fungo bat vs. driver?
My friend and i have a $200 bet. He says that he can hit a golf ball further with his driver than i can hit a golf ball with my fungo bat. He was a D1 college golfer and i am a D1 college baseball player. What do you think?
I...
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Getting A Grip On Hard Rock maple baseball bats
Until 2001, almost all wood baseball bats were made from the identical northern white ash that bats had been made from for over 100 years. That year, brought Barry Bonds, his incredible 73 home runs and an exceedingly quick switch in the wood bat market. Bonds’...
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DeMarini’s Pro Maple composite wood baseball bat was designed with heavy hitters in mind.
The baseball bat is built with more mass in the barrel, perfect for driving the ball further. The Pro Maple Composite combines a wood barrel (maple) with a composite handle, which makes the handle more durable without sacrificing the sound and...
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The time has come for you to pick out gifts for your groomsmen. And you really have no clue what to get them. But you do know what you won’t give them: some lame, generic, stereotypical knickknack which will never get used and will soon be forgotten and discarded.
Perhaps you’ve been a groomsman yourself...
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My eight year old was playing baseball this fall on a coached pitched team. It was the perfect situation for the fall with only one practice every Sunday afternoon from 2:00-3:30. It was a great experience, one in which he learned a lot. He also had a great time with the other kids on...
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