Your complete guide to baseball bats
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 […]
This is an official post developed in partnership with Baum Bat. What could be better than a strong and durable bat? How about one that is so incredibly strong that it saves you money? That’s the case Ben Boulware, President of Baum Bat, makes in the official Baum Bat video […]
A Night of #ASG Firsts Tonight’s All-Star game marks two exciting firsts for the world of baseball, and particularly for the world of baseball bats. Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts will be playing in his first All-Star Game tonight, at the young age of twenty-three. And his innovative Axe […]
In this week’s news roundup…Major League baseball bats go pink, Joe Maddon warns young bat flippers, a hot new bat company opens in Chicago, and extended netting in MLB ballparks is actually doing some good. MLB Honors Mother’s Day by Going Pink New MLB-Approved Bat Company Opens in Suburban Chicago […]
We’ve all heard of a certain bat company from Louisville, Kentucky that has been around since the days of Babe Ruth. There’s another bat company, however, from a different Louisville (Ohio) that fewer people know about – that is beginning to make a splash among today’s major leaguers. Started in […]
In this week’s baseball bat news roundup, we’ve got everything from bat flips to virtual batting practice to Jack White. (Yes, the musician Jack White – he’s involved with baseball bats now.) Read on and enjoy these recent stories: Musician Jack White and Ian Kinsler Invest in Warstic Bat Company […]
Like many baseball dads out there, I’m often tempted by the lure of buying the very best bats on the market for my boys. The exorbitant cost is somehow a small price to pay when weighed against grandiose visions of baseballs rocketing over fences. Of course, a bat’s quality is […]
We introduce to you BaseballBats.net’s official baseball bat news roundup! No need for you to Google around the Web every day, as we’ll bring you this simple and fun gathering of the best baseball bat news items you would have otherwise missed. Enjoy! This week we bring you the following […]
At long last, iconic bat maker Louisville Slugger is offering bespoke bats to the masses (they’re not just for professionals any more), following scores of smaller-scale competitors who have offered this service for years. The unveiling of Louisville’s sluggercustombats.com is the first of a two-part launch of its new customization […]
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 […]