Baseball bats, in the early days of baseball, came in all shapes and sizes. In the 1850’s baseball was an extremely young sport and batters made their own bats and experimented with bats of all varieties (long, short, flat, heavy). They quickly learned that bats with rounded barrels seemed to […]
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Here are All the Little League World Series Dates & Locations in One Image – ICYMI
Back in the fall of 2015, the Little League® International Board of Directors finalized and announced the offical dates and location of all the 2016 Little League World Series baseball tournaments. And in case you missed it, they begin July 26th, 2016 with the Big League Baseball tournament in Easley, […]
76 Baseball Bat Pictures on Historical Wheaties Boxes: 1934 – 2007
In our opinion, baseball bats don’t typically receive the credit they deserve. But one company in particular has, perhaps unintentionally, featured the-bats-that-made-the-hitters. Quite prominently, in fact, in their marketing initiatives. Through a blog post from the Cereal Price Guide blog, the team here at BaseballBats.net has discovered nearly 80 Wheaties cereal boxes that […]
Sam Bat – and a Superhero Fan – Go Viral
During yesterday’s spring training game between the Pirates and the Braves at Walt Disney World, a sports photojournalist from Pittsburgh captured an amazing moment from an everyday superhero. This hero had no cape; he sported a baseball cap, sunglasses and buffed-up forearms. Photographer Christopher Horner lit up twitter with the photos that captured the moment, receiving […]
Seven Pictures of Ty Cobb with His Baseball Bat
This week one lucky family found seven 100-year-old Ty Cobb baseball cards worth — wait for it — over $1,000,000 dollars! And it’s been all over the news, including on CBS Sports, Yahoo! Sports and the Associated Press. But here’s the original blog post by the official baseball card authenticator. And although the lucky […]
Still an Infant, Ruth Bats is Making Moves
It has only been 10 months since Ruth Bats, a company that manufactures wooden baseball bats out of European Beech and Hard Maple, opened shop in Ithaca, NY — a town of 30,000 people located in the popular Finger Lakes tourist destination of Upstate New York. But in that short time, their founder and […]
What Exactly is the Easton Power Sensor?
Last year, Easton announced the arrival of their Easton Power Sensor. But what exactly is it? Simply put, it’s a tool that they claim will help diagnose your swing and improve your approach at the plate. It’s a mobile app with video capture, and a bat attachment that tracks a batter’s swing. […]
Marucci Bats Won the Pre-#WorldSeries #PostSeason
Marucci Bats provided us exclusive insight into the home run stats of the #PostSeason up until the #WorldSeries. The stats, of course, of the bats! (If you want player stats, there are plenty of websites for that.) The Bat Brands with the most Home Runs in the 2015 Postseason First […]
81 Pictures of Customized Chameleon Bats
If you follow BaseballBats.net on Twitter and Facebook, you already know that we love pictures of #SexyBats. Bats on baseball cards? Yes! Animated GIFs of bats? Awesome! Bat closeups? Can’t beat ’em! Personalized and customized bats? They’re the best! In this gallery, to welcome perhaps the most customizable bats in the […]
It’s Official: Cabrera & Gordon are MLB’s Best Hitters
It’s official! The Winners of the Silver Slugger Award, which we covered last month, have been announced! And although the the MLB playoffs are in full swing and 650 players are sitting home, disappointed, two of those players just received the good news. Miguel Cabrera of the American League’s Detroit Tigers, and Dee Gordon of the National League’s […]