Your complete guide to baseball bats
Bryce Harper recently released a video of his pre-game hitting routine. It was nothing short of fascinating for the typical fan, and even more amazing for the hard-core player in us all. But for the team here at BaseballBats.net, our favorite part was pausing each time he switched bats! We noticed […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Here at BaseballBats.net we love a great bat trick. But who knew the rest of the Internet did, too!? The Vine video below of a Texas softball player is trending on Vine and Facebook, with the video being viewed nearly 30 million times! See for yourself. We bet you watch […]
On this day, July 24th, in 1983, The Kansas City Royals’ George Brett (also of Brett Brothers fame) gave the Baseball Bat perhaps its greatest 15 minutes of fame. Relive the moment in the video below, and watch as the Yankees hand the bat to Tim McClelland, the home plate […]
Interesting article by Ken Belson at The New York Times website about the bat-making industry. The story focuses on BWP Bats, a up-and-coming player in the industry that specializes in maple bats it manufactures from wood it harvests from its own forests and runs through its own mills. There’s a lot of inside info […]
Had you already heard about the response Vernon Wells had for a bunch of hecklers at the beginning of this month? After enough innings of shouts and jeers, the story goes, Wells tossed a ball up to the stands, with a handwritten message: “Here’s your ball, now please tell me what gas […]
Baseball’s efforts for cancer awareness don’t stop a the MLB-wide Mother’s Day campaign. This week, the Yankees welcomed an honorary bat girl, Polly Tompkins, who is battling stage 4 melanoma. Tompkins threw out the first pitch, hung out with Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Nick Swisher, and brought about 100 friends and family […]