Your complete guide to baseball bats
“Poor kids can’t afford $300 baseball bats,” exclaims the headline of a recent Washington Post article, which immediately concludes: “This incredible warehouse solves that.” We also believe a kid shouldn’t have to be rich to play baseball. But all too often these days, that is the sad reality. It’s not […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With the impending start of the upcoming baseball season fast approaching, it’s a good time to review important guidelines pertaining to equipment. In recent years, there has been a major change related to the legality and certification of wood composite, aluminum and alloy bats being used by amateur players across […]
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 […]