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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
You may have heard the term “fungo bat” and just weren’t sure exactly what it was. Or maybe you’ve been assuming coaches use the same exact bats in practice to hit grounders as the players do during actual games. Or, perhaps you’re already intimately familiar with fungo bats, but still want even more baseball […]
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 […]
Update: MLB Coaches have voted on the winners — Miguel Cabrera and Dee Gordon. You can read more about it on our updated Silver Bat Award blog post. Every year since 1980, Louisville Slugger has presented the “Silver Slugger Awards” to award the top offensive players at each position from both […]